"spaghetto" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spaghetto.wav Forms: spaghetti [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spaghetto; see further at spaghetti. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|spaghetto}} Italian spaghetto Head templates: {{en-noun|spaghetti}} spaghetto (plural spaghetti)
  1. (rare, prescriptive or humorous) A single strand of spaghetti. Tags: rare Translations (single strand of spaghetti): espageti (Basque), espagueti [masculine] (Catalan), špageta [feminine] (Czech), spaghetti [masculine] (French), spaghetto [masculine] (French), სპაგეტი (sṗageṭi) (Georgian), μακαρόνι (makaróni) [neuter] (Greek), spaghetto [masculine] (Italian), spaghetti [neuter, plural] (Polish), spaghetă [feminine] (Romanian), спаге́ттина (spagéttina) [feminine] (Russian), špageta [feminine] (Slovak)

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