Italian word of the day
| Origin | From the Italian words piede, “foot”, and piatto, “flat” |
| Translation | Cop, flatfoot |
| IPA pronunciation | /ˈpjedi ˈpjatti/ |
Piedipiatti
Cop, flatfoot
Different forms of piedipiatti
Like most nouns in Italian, piedipiatti has two articles (definite or indefinite articles) and two numbers (singular or plural).
Un piedipiatti
A cop
Dei piedipiatti
Some cops
Il piedipiatti
The cop
I piedipiatti
The cops
Examples
Hai visto quei due piedipiatti in uniforme?
Did you see those two cops in uniform?
Ho incrociato i piedipiatti mentre tornavo a casa.
I ran into the cops on my way home.
Michele si è fatto prendere dai piedipiatti!
Michele got caught by the cops!
Related words
Another translation for “cop” in Italian is sbirro. Let’s make a couple of examples with sbirro, too:
Attento, c’è un controllo degli sbirri più avanti.
Be careful, there’s a cop check ahead.
Gli sbirri ci hanno fatto delle domande.
The cops asked us some questions.
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