straccio
See also: stracciò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrat.t͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -attʃo
- Hyphenation: stràc‧cio
Etymology 1
Deverbal from stracciare (“to tear, rip”) + -o.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “or from the adjective below?”)
Noun
straccio m (plural stracci)
- rag
- Synonyms: brandello, brano, cencio
- La pioggia ha ridotto questo vestito uno straccio.
- The rain has reduced this dress to a rag.
- (regional) mop, duster
- Synonyms: borraccio, canovaccio
- Passo lo straccio per casa quasi ogni giorno.
- I mop my house almost every day.
- (figurative) wretch (miserable person)
- Synonyms: miserabile, rudere
- (regional, usually in the plural) lasagna
Derived terms
- straccione
Etymology 2
From stracciare + -o (forms participles).
Adjective
straccio (feminine straccia, masculine plural stracci, feminine plural stracce)
- shredded, torn
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
straccio
- first-person singular present indicative of stracciare
Anagrams
- corcasti, costarci, raccosti, scorcita, scortica, toccarsi