puttanesca

== English == === 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) A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples. === Adjective === puttanesca (not comparable) (usually postpositive) Served with puttanesca sauce. === Further reading === spaghetti alla puttanesca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === From puttanesco (“whorish”). Sometimes claimed to have been invented in a whorehouse, or that the name is from puttanata (“stupidity”), according to an account where Sandro Petti is identified as the inventor of the sauce. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /put.taˈnes.ka/ Rhymes: -eska Hyphenation: put‧ta‧né‧sca === Noun === puttanesca f (plural puttanesche) puttanesca sauce (by ellipsis) spaghetti puttanesca ==== Related terms ==== puttana (see there for more) === Adjective === puttanesca feminine singular of puttanesco (“whorish, sluttish”) ==== Derived terms ==== alla puttanesca puttanescamente === Further reading === spaghetti alla puttanesca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it