corretto
English
Etymology
Noun
corretto (plural correttos)
- An espresso coffee with a dash of grappa or other liqueur.
- 2022, Peter Colt, Death at Fort Devens:
- No more pizza, no more correttos, just another place renting VHS tapes.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korˈrɛt.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛtto
- Hyphenation: cor‧rèt‧to
Adjective
corretto (feminine corretta, masculine plural corretti, feminine plural corrette)
- correct
- Antonym: incorretto
- corrected
Derived terms
Participle
corretto (feminine corretta, masculine plural corretti, feminine plural corrette)
- past participle of correggere
Noun
corretto m (plural corretti)
- ellipsis of caffè corretto
- Stava lì al bar, sorseggiando un corretto alla sambuca
- He stood there at the bar, sipping a caffè corretto with sambuca.
See also
Further reading
- corretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana