espagueti

Catalan

Alternative forms

• espaguet (Alghero)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pəˈɣɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.paˈɣɛ.ti]

Noun

espagueti m (plural espaguetis)

1. spaghetti

See also

• fideu
• tallarina

Further reading

• “espagueti” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus, reinterpreted as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espaˈɡeti/ [es.paˈɣ̞e.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -eti
• Syllabification: es‧pa‧gue‧ti

Noun

espagueti m (plural espaguetis)

1. (in the singular or in the plural) spaghetti

Alternative forms

• spaguetti, espaguetti, espaghetti (nonstandard)

See also

• fideo
• tallarín

Further reading

• “espagueti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014