chiacchiera
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from chiacchierare (“to chat, talk”) + -a.
Noun edit
chiacchiera f (plural chiacchiere)
- (in the plural, sometimes derogatory) chat, gossip, talk
- type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
chiacchiera
- inflection of chiacchierare:
Further reading edit
- chiacchiere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it