maschietta

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) boyish girl, tomboy
2. (feminine) flapper (unconventional woman from the 1920s)
3. (feminine) pageboy hairstyle

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of maschiettare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of maschiettare:

Concepts

flapper

Translations

jovencita desenvuelta

garçonne

Hyphenated as

ma‧schiét‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/masˈkjet.ta/

Etymology

From maschietto (“little boy”). By surface analysis, maschio (“male”) + -etta (feminine diminutive suffix).