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Italian
Etymology
From moro + -etto (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈret.to/
- Rhymes: -etto
- Hyphenation: mo‧rét‧to
Adjective
moretto (feminine moretta, masculine plural moretti, feminine plural morette)
- dark-haired, brunette
Noun
moretto m (plural moretti)
- dark-haired child
- dark-haired and dark-skinned boy
- (old-fashioned) black servant boy, statue representing a black servant boy
- (ironic) boy, young man, especially in vocative speech acts: Vieni qui, bel moretto! "Come here, beautiful boy!"
- (regional) fiancé: Lo voglio dare al mio moretto / Questa sera quando vien "I want to give it to my fiancé / When he comes tonight"
- redstart bird
Further reading
- moretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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