spazzolata

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spat.t͡soˈla.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: spaz‧zo‧là‧ta

Etymology 1

From spazzolare (“to brush”) +‎ -ata.

Noun

spazzolata f (plural spazzolate)

1. brush

   dare una spazzolata ai capelli ― to brush one's hair (literally, “to give one's hair a brush”)

   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     Dammi una spazzolata, per favore. Non mi si è impigliato qualche stecco tra i capelli?

     Give me a brushdown, would you? Have I got any twigs in my hair?

     (literally, “Give me a brushdown please. Did some twig not get caught in my hair?”)

Etymology 2

Participle

spazzolata f sg

1. feminine singular of spazzolato