"spaghetto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /spaˈɡet.to/ Forms: spaghetti [plural]
Rhymes: -etto Etymology: From spago + -etto (“meliorative suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|it|spago|etto|t2=meliorative suffix}} spago + -etto (“meliorative suffix”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} spaghetto m (plural spaghetti)
  1. (cooking, rare, prescriptive) strand of spaghetti Tags: masculine, rare
    Sense id: en-spaghetto-it-noun-uKANHgBR Categories (other): Cooking, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -etto Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 43 9 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -etto: 47 42 11 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (cooking, in the plural) a dish of spaghetti Tags: in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-spaghetto-it-noun-fluc6puH Categories (other): Cooking, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -etto Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 43 9 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -etto: 47 42 11 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (colloquial) fright Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-spaghetto-it-noun-TDzElL5V Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -etto, Fear Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -etto: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of Fear: 2 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spagheto

Inflected forms

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