ventresca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ventresca. === Noun === ventresca (uncountable) Flesh from the belly of a tuna, which is prepared in oil and served as food. ==== Usage notes ==== Though found in English contexts, the noun ventresca is normally italicized as a loanword. === Anagrams === Cervantes == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventrisca, from Latin venter (“belly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bənˈtɾe̞s.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vənˈtɾəs.kə] IPA(key): (Central) [bənˈtɾɛs.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [venˈtɾes.ka] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [benˈtɾes.ka] === Noun === ventresca f (plural ventresques) the belly of a fish streaky bacon (bacon made from the belly of a hog) ==== Related terms ==== ventre ventrell === Further reading === “ventresca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ventrisca, derived from Classical Latin venter (“belly”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /venˈtres.ka/ Rhymes: -eska Hyphenation: ven‧tré‧sca === Noun === ventresca f (plural ventresche) (archaic) belly Synonyms: addome, (colloquial) buzzo, (obsolete, literary) epa, (colloquial) pancia, (humorous) trippa, (anatomy) ventre, (obsolete or rare) zirbo ventresca (flesh from the belly of a tuna) (chiefly Tuscan) streaky bacon Synonym: pancetta Hypernym: salume (archaic) a salume made of pork belly (stuffed with meat, eggs, cheese, and ground spices, then pressed) Hypernym: salume === References === ventresca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana ventresca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication Accademia della Crusca (1729–1738), “ventresca”, in Vocabolario degli accademici della Crusca (in Italian), 4 edition – on www.lessicografia.it “ventrésca”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 21 toi–z, UTET, 2002, page 754b == Spanish == === Noun === ventresca f (plural ventrescas) ventresca === Further reading === “ventresca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025