espagueti

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus, reinterpreted as a singular.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /espaˈɡeti/, [espaˈɣet̪i]

Noun

espagueti m (plural espaguetis)

(singular or plural) spaghetti

Alternative forms

spaguetti, espaguetti, espaghetti

See also

Further reading

“espagueti” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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