confeti
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian confetti, plural of confetto (“confection”), reinterpreted as a singular (compare espagueti).
NounEdit
confeti m (plural confetis)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French confetti, and this a pseudo-Italianism, from Italian confetti, plural of confetto (“confection”), reinterpreted as a singular (compare espagueti).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
confeti m (plural confetis)
- confetti
- 2015 July 27, Joan Faus, “México gana la Copa Oro superando con contundencia a Jamaica”, in El País[2]:
- A los pocos segundos, al levantar Guardado el trofeo, se desató una lluvia de confeti amarillo y fuegos artificiales.
- A few seconds later, as Guardado lifted the trophy, a shower of yellow confetti and fireworks was let loose.
Further readingEdit
- “confeti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014