moretto
See also: Moretto
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom moro + -etto (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmoretto (feminine moretta, masculine plural moretti, feminine plural morette)
Noun
editmoretto m (plural moretti)
- dark-haired child
- dark-haired and dark-skinned boy
- (old-fashioned) black servant boy, statue representing a black servant boy
- (ironic) boy, young man, especially in vocative speech acts: Vieni qui, bel moretto! "Come here, beautiful boy!"
- (regional) fiancé: Lo voglio dare al mio moretto / Questa sera quando vien "I want to give it to my fiancé / When he comes tonight"
- redstart bird
Further reading
edit- moretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana