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fetta

slice

noun FEHT-tah Less Common
Food & Drink Cooking

Usage Note

Fetta is a flat slice of bread, cake, or cheese, contrasted with fettina (a thin slice) and fettone (a thick one). The idiom una bella fetta di means 'a sizeable chunk of', as in una fetta di mercato ('a market share').

Examples

"Vorrei una fetta di torta."

Natural Translation

I'd like a slice of cake.

Literal Translation

I-would-like a slice of cake.

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