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merendina

/merenˈdi.na/noun · feminineB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 12,689

Meaning

snack cake

  • a packaged single-serving baked sweet snack, typically eaten by children

In a sentence

Metti una merendina nello zaino per la ricreazione.

Put a snack cake in your backpack for recess.

Non mangiare troppe merendine prima di cena!

Don't eat too many snack cakes before dinner!

I bambini preferiscono una merendina al cioccolato.

The children prefer a chocolate snack cake.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
merendinafeminine · singular
merendinefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Diminutive of 'merenda'. Specifically implies prepackaged, industrial sweet snacks.

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