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  • IPA(key): /ˌfik.kaˈna.zo/, (traditional) /ˌfik.kaˈna.so/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -azo, (traditional) -aso
  • Hyphenation: fic‧ca‧nà‧so

Verb-object compound, composed of ficca (to shove in) +‎ naso (nose).

ficcanaso m (plural ficcanasi)

  1. busybody
  2. nosey parker
  3. snooper
  4. rubberneck, rubbernecker

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ficcanaso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ficcanasare
  1. ^ ficcanaso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ naso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)