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prosciutto.

ham

10 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/proʃˈʃut.to//proʒˈ̥ut.to//proʃˈʃut.to/

  1. ham

    error-lua-exec · masculine
    Avvolgere circa sei pezzi di porro in mezza fetta di prosciutto riempiendo bene l’involtino.
Where this word comes from

From asciutto (“dry”), with a change of prefix, or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from Latin per + exsūctus. Compare Portuguese presunto.

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