espagueti
Catalan
Alternative forms
- espaguet (Alghero)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”).
Pronunciation
Noun
espagueti m (plural espaguetis)
See also
Further reading
- “espagueti”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
Alternative forms
- spaguetti, espaguetti, espaghetti (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus, reinterpreted as a singular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espaˈɡeti/ [es.paˈɣ̞e.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: es‧pa‧gue‧ti
Noun
espagueti m (plural espaguetis)
See also
Further reading
- “espagueti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024