scarpetta

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Italian

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Etymology

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From scarpa (shoe) +‎ -etta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skarˈpet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: scar‧pét‧ta

Noun

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scarpetta f (plural scarpette)

  1. a child's shoe
  2. an elegant ladies' shoe
  3. (idiomatic) an act of mopping up the sauce from a plate with a piece of bread
    Perché non fai la scarpetta?
    Why won't you mop your plate up?

Descendants

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