battifiacca

Italian

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) +‎ fiacca (“laziness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat.tiˈfjak.ka/
• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: bat‧ti‧fiàc‧ca

Noun

battifiacca m or f by sense (invariable)

1. lazybones
2. slacker

Further reading

• battifiacca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana