pasteca
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pastèque, from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈstɛ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛka
- Hyphenation: pa‧stè‧ca
Noun
pasteca f (plural pasteche)
- (Liguria) Synonym of cocomero
Further reading
- pasteca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- pacaste, pescata, scapate