cavolo riscaldato

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, reheated cabbage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.vo.lo ri.skalˈda.to/
  • Hyphenation: cà‧vo‧lo‧ri‧scal‧dà‧to

Noun

cavolo riscaldato m (plural cavoli riscaldati)

  1. (figurative) something old, outdated or obsolete displayed as if it were new
    Synonym: minestra riscaldata
    • 1742, Giovanni Lami, “Dialogo primo”, in Dialoghi di Aniceto Nemesio [Aniceto Nemesio's Dialogues]‎, page 53:
      Finiamola un poco con queſte digreſſioni una volta; e guardate o Maeſtro Ilarione, che a pag. 134 ritorna in iſcena il cavolo riſcaldato, dico Giuſeppe Averani
      [Finiamola un poco con queste digressioni, una volta; e guardate, o maestro Ilarione, che a pag 134 ritorna in iscena il cavolo riscaldato, dico Giuseppe Averani]
      Enough with these digressions, already. And notice, o master Ilarione, how the repackaged old product, namely Giuseppe Averani, comes back on the scene on page 134
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cavolo,‎ riscaldato.
    • 2010 [1947], Clara Coïsson, transl., Ognuno muore solo [Everyone dies alone], Sellerio editore, translation of Jeder stirbt für sich allein by Hans Fallada (in German), page 111:
      Lei tornò in cucina per scaldare degli avanzi di cavoli. Suo marito mangiava volentieri i cavoli riscaldati.
      She went back to the kitchen to heat up some leftover cabbage. Her husband usually ate reheated cabbage gladly.

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