Feminine

ventresca

Meaning

  1. (archaic, feminine) belly
  2. (feminine) ventresca (flesh from the belly of a tuna)
  3. (feminine) streaky bacon
  4. (archaic, feminine) a salume made of pork belly (stuffed with meat, eggs, cheese, and ground spices, then pressed)

Concepts

butty
club sandwich
salt pork
pancetta
Synonyms

lardo
C2
pancetta
C1
sugna
bacon
C1
🥓

pancetta affumicata

Translations

tocino
🥓
cansalada
🥓

Schinkenspeck

Speck
🥓

καπνιστό χοιρινό

μπέικον

lard
🥓
lardon
bacon
🥓
laridum
bacon
spek
🥓

lard

lardo

Hyphenated as
ven‧tré‧sca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/venˈtres.ka/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventrisca, derived from Classical Latin venter (“belly”).

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