petaccia

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• petaccio m

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pitaccium, variant of Latin pittacium.

Noun

petaccia f (plural petaccie)

1. mop
2. rag
3. piece, shred (of)

Derived terms

• spetacciare

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “petaccia”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano