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

Anagrams

• pacaste, pescata, scapate