"scappatoia" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /skap.paˈto.ja/, /skap.paˈtɔ.ja/ Forms: scappatoie [plural]
Rhymes: -oja, -ɔja Etymology: From scappare (“to escape”) + -toia. Etymology templates: {{suf|it|scappare|toia|t1=to escape}} scappare (“to escape”) + -toia Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} scappatoia f (plural scappatoie)
  1. expedient to avoid a difficult situation; way out, loophole, pretext Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-scappatoia-it-noun-EkekqmJL Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -toia

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scappatoia meaning in Italian (1.5kB)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "scappare",
        "3": "toia",
        "t1": "to escape"
      },
      "expansion": "scappare (“to escape”) + -toia",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scappare (“to escape”) + -toia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scappatoie",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "scappatoia f (plural scappatoie)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scap‧pa‧tó‧ia"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms suffixed with -toia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "tax loophole",
          "text": "scappatoia fiscale",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fish for excuses",
          "text": "cercare scappatoie",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the answer is incomplete, it's actually just a cop-out",
          "text": "la risposta è incompleta, invece proprio una scappatoia",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expedient to avoid a difficult situation; way out, loophole, pretext"
      ],
      "id": "en-scappatoia-it-noun-EkekqmJL",
      "links": [
        [
          "expedient",
          "expedient"
        ],
        [
          "way out",
          "way out"
        ],
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ],
        [
          "pretext",
          "pretext"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skap.paˈto.ja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skap.paˈtɔ.ja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oja"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scappatoia"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "scappare",
        "3": "toia",
        "t1": "to escape"
      },
      "expansion": "scappare (“to escape”) + -toia",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scappare (“to escape”) + -toia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scappatoie",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "scappatoia f (plural scappatoie)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scap‧pa‧tó‧ia"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 4-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian feminine nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms suffixed with -toia",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:Italian/oja",
        "Rhymes:Italian/oja/4 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔja",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔja/4 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "tax loophole",
          "text": "scappatoia fiscale",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to fish for excuses",
          "text": "cercare scappatoie",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the answer is incomplete, it's actually just a cop-out",
          "text": "la risposta è incompleta, invece proprio una scappatoia",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expedient to avoid a difficult situation; way out, loophole, pretext"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expedient",
          "expedient"
        ],
        [
          "way out",
          "way out"
        ],
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ],
        [
          "pretext",
          "pretext"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skap.paˈto.ja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skap.paˈtɔ.ja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oja"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scappatoia"
}

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