succo

juice

noun SOOK-koh Rare

Origin: From Latin succus (juice, sap).

Also means

sap

Usage Note

Succo is the standard word for juice: succo di frutta (fruit juice), succo d'arancia (orange juice). It also means the sap of a plant and, figuratively, the essence or gist: il succo del discorso (the gist of the speech). The plural succhi is regular. Note the double 'c': succo, not sugo, which means sauce.

Examples

"Bevo un succo d'arancia ogni mattina a colazione."

Natural Translation

I drink an orange juice every morning at breakfast.

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