Solved -PJ484- La Pulce Torpedo

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:32:32 PM

Not Sirocco.
If you search for this name in ANY line-up of ANY car maker, you won't find it (in Italiano).

Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2013, 02:32:54 PM

It's named for an animal?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:36:21 PM

YES!
Or better, a living creature, smaller than an animal.
Now, before you list them all, remeber a couple of hints:
it's an italian word, never used before, it could be VERY trivial, but it's not.
This means that this name is not that original in another language.

pnegyesi · January 25, 2013, 02:46:12 PM

Fungo?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:52:44 PM

Nice guess, but not that.
It's named after an insect!

woodinsight · January 25, 2013, 02:53:53 PM

Mosca?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:54:48 PM

Not Mosca...

pnegyesi · January 25, 2013, 02:55:00 PM

Formica?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:55:19 PM

Not formica...

woodinsight · January 25, 2013, 02:57:42 PM

Ragno?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 02:59:48 PM

Not ragno...
These are all very good guesses so far, it won't take much!
Don't forget the right article.

kwgibbs · January 25, 2013, 03:00:38 PM

Apis?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 03:04:44 PM

Not Apis...and we call them 'Api', singular 'Ape'...

(BTW: There was the Caprera Ragno and the Zuccoli Formica)

kwgibbs · January 25, 2013, 03:08:58 PM

What about Vespa?

woodinsight · January 25, 2013, 03:13:58 PM

Scarabeo?

pnegyesi · January 25, 2013, 03:23:04 PM

Coleottolo?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 03:23:08 PM

Not Vespa or Scarabeo (there was a Vespa 400 and an Osi Scarabeo...)

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 03:24:17 PM

Quote from: pnegyesi on January 25, 2013, 03:23:04 PM
Coleottolo?

Not Coleottero (I'm sure you meant that

)

kwgibbs · January 25, 2013, 03:30:49 PM

Insetto?

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 03:31:48 PM

Yes, but which one?

woodinsight · January 25, 2013, 03:31:53 PM

Simply "Bug"?
When I try to translate that into Italian and vice-versa I get "errore di programma"!

Paul Jaray · January 25, 2013, 03:37:42 PM

Bug is not an italian word...
...but you are close if you had the 'Buggy' word in mind.
Anyway is not the Italian translation of Bug, but a different insect.

kwgibbs · January 25, 2013, 03:43:47 PM

Passeggino?

woodinsight · January 25, 2013, 03:45:44 PM

Tonchio?

pnegyesi · January 25, 2013, 03:47:39 PM

Locusta?

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Solved -PJ484- La Pulce Torpedo