Masculine
petto
- (masculine) chest (anatomical)
- (masculine) breast (especially of chicken etc.)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pèt‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛt.to/
Etymology
From Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho.
Related words
pecho
Brust
peito
poitrine
στήθος
borst
pit
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