what is "ungrasto"?

[vintagegamer]

Here is the full sentence from one of my relative's letters:

"Il marito di Maria lavora in fabrica distileria e con il fumo che esce ungrasto; ha respirato il fumo ha vecto anche lui andare ha l'ospedale per in fortunio..."

[johnnyonthespot]

Two l's in distilleria = distillery. The other word is "un gasato" - "a still".

[vintagegamer]

Two l's in distilleria = distillery. The other word is "un gasato" - "a still".

Thanks Carmine!

VG

[johnnyonthespot]

You're welcome.

And, shame on me, I should have said "the other word is probably meant to be "un gasato" - "a still".

[vintagegamer]

You're welcome.

And, shame on me, I should have said "the other word is probably meant to be "un gasato" - "a still".

You are fine. This letter came from an elderly relative to my great great uncle back in 1968, and is chock full of grammar errors. I in no way want to disrespect my ancestor when saying that the writing has alot of errors, but it sure has made this letter challenging to read. I showed it to another friend who reads and writes italian and they said "it really looks like education levels were low for this person" and then they thought I'd be offended that they said that. I'm simply happy that so many have stepped up to help me translate a letter that's 42 years old and still in existence!