Meaning
pill, tablet
- A small tablet of medicine or a throat lozenge.
- An illicit drug tablet (e.g. ecstasy).
In a sentence
Prendi una pasticca se hai ancora mal di testa.
Take a pill if you still have a headache.
Non mandar giù la pasticca senza bere un po' d'acqua.
Don't swallow the pill without drinking some water.
Hai comprato le pasticche per la tosse in farmacia?
Did you buy the cough lozenges at the pharmacy?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pasticca | feminine · singular |
| pasticche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Informal: common in everyday speech; 'compressa' or 'pastiglia' are standard, formal medical terms.
- Remember that the plural keeps the hard 'c' sound: 'pasticche'.