Jump to content

scacco matto

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: scaccomatto

Italian

[edit]
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

[edit]

From Persian شَاه مَات (“checkmate”) through Arabic شاه مات (šāh māt).

Noun

[edit]

scacco matto m (plural scacchi matti)

  1. (chess) checkmate
    dare/fare scacco matto ― to checkmate (literally, “give/do checkmate”)

Further reading

[edit]
  • scacco matto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=scacco_matto&oldid=71061776"