espagueti
Catalan
Alternative forms
- espaguet (Alghero)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”).
Further reading
- “espagueti” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus, reinterpreted as a singular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espaˈɡeti/ [es.paˈɣ̞e.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -eti
- Syllabification: es‧pa‧gue‧ti
Alternative forms
- spaguetti, espaguetti, espaghetti (nonstandard)
Further reading
- “espagueti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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