grattachecca

Italian
(on the right) un carretto della grattachecca – a food truck for grattachecca

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of gratta (“to scratch, to scrape”) +‎ Checca (hypocoristic form of the given name Francesca).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɡrat.taˈkek.ka/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ekka
  • Hyphenation: grat‧ta‧chéc‧ca

Noun

grattachecca f (plural grattachecche)

  1. (Rome) dessert originatied in Rome, consisting in hand-grated ice flavored with sweet syrup, handed in tall glasses and enjoyed with spoon and straw, usually on the beach. Often compared and confused with the Sicilian granita.

Derived terms

References
  1. grattachecca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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