stecchino

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) toothpick
2. (informal, masculine) shrimp (small person)
3. (masculine) gaunt, haggard, drawn, emaciated, scraggy, scrawny, skinny

Verb

1. (form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of steccare:
2. (form-of, imperative, plural, third-person) inflection of steccare:

Concepts

toothpick

dental stick

Synonyms

stuzzicadenti

nettadenti

Translations

cure-dent

escarbadientes

escuradents

palito

palillo

οδοντογλυφίδα

عود تخليل أسنان

Zahnstocher

dentiscalpium

tandenstoker

palito de dentes

mondadientes

kürdan

esgaravatador

Hyphenated as

stec‧chì‧no

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stekˈki.no/

Etymology

From stecco (“twig”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).