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cavatappi

English edit

Etymology edit

Italian cavatappi

Noun edit

cavatappi (uncountable)

  1. A type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Verb-object compound, composed of cava (“to extract, to pull out”) +‎ tappi (“corks”).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

cavatappi m

  1. corkscrew
  2. a type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni

Further reading edit

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

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