"puttanesca" meaning in Italian

See puttanesca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /put.taˈnes.ka/
Rhymes: -eska Etymology: From puttanesco (“whorish”). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (“stupidity”), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce. Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} puttanesca
  1. feminine singular of puttanesco (“whorish, sluttish”) Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: puttanesco (extra: whorish, sluttish) Derived forms: alla puttanesca, puttanescamente
    Sense id: en-puttanesca-it-adj-r8Ktqh0q

Noun

IPA: /put.taˈnes.ka/ Forms: puttanesche [plural]
Rhymes: -eska Etymology: From puttanesco (“whorish”). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (“stupidity”), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce. Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} puttanesca f (plural puttanesche)
  1. puttanesca sauce Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puttanesca-it-noun-kJEH7CQT Categories (other): Sauces Disambiguation of Sauces: 8 70 22
  2. (by ellipsis) spaghetti puttanesca Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-puttanesca-it-noun-Gf-eD-1L Categories (other): Italian ellipses, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pasta Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 12 6 82 Disambiguation of Pasta: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: puttana (english: see there for more)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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