mozzafiato

Meaning

  1. (invariable) breathtaking
  2. (invariable) nail-biting

Frequency

22k
Hyphenated as
moz‧za‧fià‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌmot.t͡saˈfja.to/
Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of mozza (“to cut off”) + fiato (“breath”).

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