passeggiata

English

Etymology

Italian passeggiata

Noun

passeggiata (plural passeggiatas)

1. A long, leisurely walk or stroll.
   • 2007, David M. Gross, Fast Company: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in Italy, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 94:

     This was the food in the old dining room—the homely mensa—before some disgruntled worker blew the whistle, informing the health department that cockroaches had been seen strolling around the kitchen on a passeggiata.

Italian

Etymology

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of passeggiare (“to walk, stroll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.sedˈd͡ʒa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pas‧seg‧già‧ta

Noun

passeggiata f (plural passeggiate)

1. walk, stroll, promenade (act)

   Synonyms: camminata, giro

   Facciamo una piccola passeggiata. ― Let's take a little walk.

2. (by extension) public walk, promenade (place)

   Synonyms: corso, passeggio

3. (colloquial, figurative) piece of cake, cinch, doddle, picnic

   Synonyms: cavolata, gioco, sciocchezza

   non sarà una passeggiata! ― it won't be a picnic!

Derived terms

• passeggiatina

Related terms

• passeggiare
• passeggio
• passeggiatrice

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• paesaggista