petaccia

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pitaccium, variant of Latin pittacium.

Noun

petaccia f (plural petaccie)

  1. mop
  2. rag
  3. piece, shred (of)

Derived terms

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “petaccia”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]