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)

  1. (Liguria) Synonym of cocomero

Further reading
  • pasteca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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