spiaggia

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspjad.d͡ʒa/
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  • Rhymes: -addʒa
  • Hyphenation: spiàg‧gia

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ piaggia. The initial s- is an intensifying prefix.[1] Cognate with French plage, Portuguese praia, Sicilian praja and Spanish playa.

Noun

spiaggia f (plural spiagge)

  1. beach
    Mi sono abbronzata sulla spiaggia. ― I tanned myself on the beach.
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Verb

spiaggia

  1. inflection of spiaggiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. “piaggia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Further reading
  • spiaggia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • spiaggia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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