puttanesca

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian puttanesca (feminine of puttanesco, literally whorish, sluttish), from puttana (whore).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌputəˈnɛskə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛskə
  • Hyphenation: put‧ta‧nes‧ca

Noun

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puttanesca (usually uncountable, plural puttanescas)

  1. A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.

Adjective

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puttanesca (not comparable)

  1. (usually postpositive) Served with puttanesca sauce.
    spaghetti puttanesca

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From puttanesco (whorish). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (stupidity), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /put.taˈne.ska/
  • Rhymes: -eska
  • Hyphenation: put‧ta‧né‧sca

Noun

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puttanesca f (plural puttanesche)

  1. puttanesca sauce
  2. (by ellipsis) spaghetti puttanesca
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Adjective

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puttanesca

  1. feminine singular of puttanesco (whorish, sluttish)

Derived terms

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