rifugio

Italian rifugio

rifugio (plural rifugios or rifugi)

1. A hut in the Italian mountains.
   • 2015 August 13, Robert Draper, “In Italy, Hiking and Haute Cuisine in the Dolomites”, in New York Times‎:

     And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas.

From Latin refugium

rifugio m (plural rifugi)

1. shelter, refuge

   Synonym: baita

• rifugista

rifugio

1. first-person singular present indicative of rifugiare