How do you say “mess” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say bourboui, gaboui, gacharot, pagaio, pastis, pati. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | bourboui, gaboui, gacharot, pagaio, pastis, pati |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
bourboui
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | imbroglio; borborygmus; quagmire; chaos; mess; muddle |
gaboui
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | mess |
gacharot
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | mess |
pagaio
| Grammatical category | Noun |
| English translation | mess; paddle |
pastis
| Grammatical category | Noun (m.) |
| English translation | pie, pâté; thick porridge; mess, muddle; pastiche |
pati
| Grammatical category | Verb (m.) |
| English translation | to suffer; pasture: uncultivated land, farmyard, mess, toilet |
| Variants | pàti |