English Explanatory Dictionary

puttanesca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.
adj
  1. Served with puttanesca sauce.

Pronunciation

/ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/ /ˌputəˈnɛskə/

Word forms

puttanesca puttanescas

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian puttanesca (feminine of puttanesco, literally “whorish, sluttish”), from puttana (“whore”).

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