bucato

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin būca, a by-form of bucca (“mouth”). ==== Adjective ==== bucato (feminine bucata, masculine plural bucati, feminine plural bucate) with holes, pierced, perforated, hollow ==== Participle ==== bucato (feminine bucata, masculine plural bucati, feminine plural bucate) past participle of bucare === Etymology 2 === From Vulgar Latin *būcāta, from Frankish *būkōn (“to submerge; to wash”). Cognate with Catalan bugada and French buée. ==== Noun ==== bucato m (plural bucati) washing, laundry ===== Derived terms ===== fare il bucato (“do the washing”) stirare il bucato (“do the ironing”)