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acciuga

anchovy

noun aht-CHOO-gah Rare
Food & Drink Ingredients

Origin: Possibly from Basque or Genoese dialect; the Ligurian anciua is a probable ancestor.

Usage Note

Acciuga (plural acciughe) refers to the anchovy fish. It is one of the staple ingredients of Italian cuisine — pizza, pasta alla puttanesca, and bagna cauda all rely on it. Alice is a regional synonym common in southern Italy and in contexts referring to fresh (not salt-cured) anchovies.

Examples

"La pizza era coperta di acciughe e capperi."

Natural Translation

The pizza was covered in anchovies and capers.

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