battifiacca

Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) +‎ fiacca (“laziness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat.tiˈfjak.ka/
  • Rhymes: -akka
  • Hyphenation: bat‧ti‧fiàc‧ca

Noun

battifiacca m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. lazybones
  2. slacker

Further reading

  • battifiacca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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