polvere da sparo

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, powder to shoot.

Noun

polvere da sparo f (plural polveri da sparo)

  1. gunpowder
    Synonyms: polvere, polvere pirica
    • 2019, Stranger Things, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin):
      Questi cosi contengono 10 grammi di polvere nera. Cioè polvere da sparo.
      This sucker is filled with 150 grains of black powder. AKA gunpowder.
      (literally, “These things contain 10 grams of black powder. That is, gunpowder.”)