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)

1. a child's shoe
2. an elegant ladies' shoe
3. (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)