What would be a colloquial or slang term to designate a very curious, indiscreet girl?
It would eventually be used as a fiction character nickname ("La Curiosa" is too bland).
I currently have "La Chiacchierona". But that means she talks a lot, isn't it? Not that she's nosy, which is what I'd like to convey. [SE suggests I move this to chat, which I did, but I don't see how to add comments there]
Or 'L'intrigante', but 'intrigante' may add the meaning of a person hatching plots and schemimg against somebody, even if it could mean also 'very curios, who inteferes with the affairs of others'. It is, maybe, more elegant than 'impicciona', that is more colloquial. I don't like 'L'impicciona'.
Maybe also 'La pettegola', it's a women who is indescreet and talks about the affairs of others.
Thanks for the suggestions, @BakerStreet. The text is in French, so I'd like something more Italian sounding than Intrigante, which is the same in French. I don't really like Impicciona either. Pettegola seems to imply old women gossip, rather than curiosity. Also, the character is a young girl.
Because foreigners, like anyone else, care about the sound of a character name when they read. "La Ficcanaso" is not to be frowned upon in Italian; but in French, when you read the name of this young girl, you expect an 'a' at the end.
@JeanB If anything, you'd expect an “e”, most of the times. Anyway, if you use an Italian name or nickname French, Turkish or Swahili expectations aren't terribly relevant, are they?
@DaG: An "e" for a French name (not relevant since it's not pronounced), an "a" for an Italian name. It's obvious to me. La Gioconda, La Traviata, Cinderella, etc., never mind the exceptions. I should have said from the start: a nickname for a curious young girl that ends with an 'a'.
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