Fool

"Fool" in Italian

buffone

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

buffone

(jester)

buffone di corte

(jester)

cretino

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

folle

(tarot card)

giullare

(jester)

idiota

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

imbecille

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

matto

(tarot card)

oca

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

pagliaccio

(jester)

scemo

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

sciocco

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

stolto

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

stupido

(person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

dare a bere

(to trick; to make a fool of someone)

fare lo sciocco

(to trick; to make a fool of someone)

farsi beffe di s.o.

(to trick; to make a fool of someone)

ingannare

(to trick; to make a fool of someone)

scherzare

(to trick; to make a fool of someone)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.