spezia

See also: La Spezia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛt.t͡sja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛttsja
  • Hyphenation: spè‧zia

Etymology 1

Back-formation from spezie (“spices”), from Late Latin plural speciēs (“goods, ware”), from Classical Latin singular speciēs (“kind, quality, type”), following the common feminine singular-to-plural pattern -a/-e.

Noun

spezia f (plural spezie)

  1. (informal) singular of spezie; a spice
    Synonym: droga f

Etymology 2

Verb

spezia

  1. inflection of speziare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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