trattoria
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trattoria
1825–35; < Italian: public eating place, restaurant, equivalent to trattor ( e ) restaurateur ( tratt ( are ) to treat + -ore -or 2, as translation of French traiteur ) + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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I was like, "Let's do Italian. Let's do trattoria food."
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023
Added Vincenzo Masiello, who runs the ‘O Vesuvio trattoria and pizzeria in the Quartieri Spagnoli: “People are coming from all over the world to witness our joy, for something that we still can’t believe.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Just 1/2 teaspoon of malt syrup sweetens these handmade breadsticks, just like the kind you'd find sticking straight up out of a bread basket at an old-school Italian trattoria.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2022
Ignore the naan on the table and you could be forgiven for imagining yourself in an Italian trattoria.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
The duke sat with his wife under the vine-clad trattoria on the quay.
From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
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