puttanesca

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Pronunciation

/ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/ (UK)

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/ˌpʊtəˈnɛskə/ (UK) · /ˌputəˈnɛskə/ (US)

Definition of puttanesca

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noun

(uncountable, usually)A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.

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noun

(uncountable, usually)A cooking sauce made from tomato flavoured with garlic, anchovies, capers and olives, created in Naples.

adj

(not-comparable, postpositional, usually)Served with puttanesca sauce.

“spaghetti puttanesca”

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

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