puttanesca

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian puttanesca (feminine of puttanesco, literally “whorish, sluttish”), from puttana (“whore”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌputəˈnɛskə/
• Rhymes: -ɛskə
• Hyphenation: put‧ta‧nes‧ca

Noun

puttanesca (usually uncountable, plural puttanescas)

1. A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.

Adjective

puttanesca (not comparable)

1. (usually postpositive) Served with puttanesca sauce.

   spaghetti puttanesca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put.taˈne.ska/
• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: put‧ta‧né‧sca

Adjective

puttanesca

1. feminine singular of puttanesco (“whorish, sluttish”)

Noun

puttanesca f (plural puttanesche)

1. puttanesca sauce
2. (by ellipsis) spaghetti puttanesca

   Synonym: spaghetti alla puttanesca

Related terms

• puttana (see there for more)