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Ed eccoci riusciti: la bella e fascinosa consorte dell’ex pupillo di Luchino Visconti non sembra aver resistito alla corte serrata che da molto tempo le fa il sosia italiano di Nicholas Cage, noto anche per le sue numerose conquiste.
eburn commented on the word sosia
spanish definition 1. m. Persona que tiene parecido con otra hasta el punto de poder ser confundida con ella. (De Sosias, personaje de la comedia Anfitrión, de Plauto)
August 2, 2008
dontcry commented on the word sosia
I KNOW!
August 2, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word sosia
Oh! Someone did it before me!
Edit: for those who can't understand Spanish: Spanish and Italian word meaning "look-alike" (from the character of Plautus's play Amphitruo)
August 2, 2008
rolig commented on the word sosia
In Plautus's play Amphitryon, Sosia is Amphitryon's slave. At one point in the play, the god Mercury disguises himself as Sosia and when the real Sosia appears, the god beats him up and sends him packing. The poor guy is totally baffled from being accosted by his own doppelgänger. If I understand correctly, this scene has led, in Italian and Spanish, to the name "Sosia" becoming a byword for someone's double.
It's interesting that the Roman theater has had so little impact on English.
October 6, 2008
super-clarice commented on the word sosia
Sósia in Portuguese also
April 24, 2009