Meaning
grocery store
- traditional small shop selling dry goods, spices, and household items
- grocery store or dry-goods merchant
In a sentence
Ho comprato delle spezie rare nella vecchia drogheria del centro.
I bought some rare spices in the old grocery store downtown.
La drogheria sotto casa vende ancora detersivi sfusi.
The dry-goods shop near my house still sells detergents in bulk.
Non troviamo più botteghe storiche come quella drogheria.
We no longer find historic shops like that dry-goods store.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| drogheria | feminine · singular |
| drogherie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Traditionally sold spices and household sundries, distinct from a general alimentari (food shop).
- False friend: it does not sell medicines or illegal drugs; a pharmacy is una farmacia.