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gettonato

popular, in demand

adjective jet-toh-NAH-toh Rare

Also means

trendy

Usage Note

Gettonato derives from gettone (token, coin) — a word that originally described jukeboxes paid with tokens; something heavily 'tokened' became figuratively 'popular'. Today it belongs firmly to informal register: use it in conversation or journalism, not in formal writing. The feminine form is gettonata.

Examples

"Quel ristorante è molto gettonato."

Natural Translation

That restaurant is very popular.

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