Provençal expression

Es uno basareto

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Literal translation

he's a chatterbox

Meaning

he's an incessant talker

Explanation

A very talkative person, man or woman. A basareto originally meant, in Provençal, a woman doing the market shopping, borrowed from the Arabic basar (market), hence someone who talks a lot while selling or buying. Market vendors in Provence have a solid reputation for chatter, they're even called repetiero (repeaters), and the word gave rise to the verb basaruta, to gossip.

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