scarpetta

See also: Scarpetta

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

scarpetta f (plural scarpette)

a child's shoe
an elegant ladies' shoe
(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?

Descendants

→ Polish: skarpeta ⇒ skarpetka
- → Belarusian: шкарпэ́тка (škarpétka)
- → Ukrainian: шкарпе́тка (škarpétka)

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