scarpetta

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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?

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