piotta
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See also: Piotta
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Uncertain. A widespread folk etymology derives this from Pio Otta(vo) (“Pope Pius VIII”), whose face was presumably printed on coins.
Noun
[edit]piotta f (plural piotte) (Rome)
- 100 euros
- (originally) 100 lire
- (with devaluation of the lira) 100 000 lire
- (rare, after adoption of euros) 50 euros (roughly corresponding to 100 000 lire)
- 100 km/h
- Rome, popular corruption of Tequila (1958):
- Io vengo da Primavalle // cor vespino rosso bordò, // de prima me fa 'na piotta // de siconna nun ce lo so.
- I come from Primavalle // with my little burgundy-red vespa, // with the first [gear] it goes to 100 km/h, // with the second, I don't know.
- Rome, popular corruption of Tequila (1958):
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- piotta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]piotta
- inflection of piottare:
Anagrams
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- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtta
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtta/2 syllables
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- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Romanesco Italian
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