vaporetto
Americannoun
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vaporettos,
plural
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vaporetti
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of vaporetto
1945–50; < Italian, equivalent to vapor ( e ) steamboat + -etto -et
Example Sentences
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Soon, we were back on the vaporetto for a sunset ride to Al Covo, the culinary high-water mark of our family trip to Venice a decade earlier—and our parents’ honeymoon 25 years before that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
After a hearty breakfast, we caught the vaporetto to Murano, the outlying island famous for its glassworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
For a final, unforgettable Venetian vista, hop on a vaporetto bound for San Giorgio Maggiore, an island just east of Giudecca.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
It is claimed that some time before the film started, Phoenix arrived by vaporetto at the nearby Excelsior hotel.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2010
You could have filled a whole vaporetto with these people.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
At least three vaporetti, Venice’s public transportation boats, sank, Italian media reported.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
The city's boat-based public transport system has been taken of operation after several boats, known as vaporetti, were damaged.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2019
The air smelled like wood smoke and we could hear the low rumble of vaporetti cruising the Grand Canal.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2015
Mosca and Riccio asked all the passengers on the vaporetti.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
A thousand lights twinkled on the water—the lights of the restaurants along the canal, the lights of the gondolas, of the vaporetti weaving their way along the broad waterway.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
Bemused travelers took photos from vaporettos, the large public transport boats.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
But it sits in the wetlands near Venice, where army brats can stroll around crumbling ancient towns and steer vaporettos up small weed-clogged inlets.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2020
Civic activist Norman Braman, owner of Miami's largest car dealership, urges smarter traffic light synchronization that can read real-time congestion, along with steps such as Venice-style vaporettos or water buses.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2015
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