Meaning
hoe
- an agricultural hand tool with a flat blade used to break soil or remove weeds
In a sentence
Il contadino ha lavorato l'orto con la zappa per tutta la mattina.
The farmer worked the garden with the hoe all morning.
Con quella risposta incauta si è dato la zappa sui piedi.
With that careless answer, he shot himself in the foot.
Riponi la zappa e il rastrello nel capanno degli attrezzi.
Put the hoe and the rake back in the tool shed.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| zappa | feminine · singular |
| zappe | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Often heard in the idiom 'darsi la zappa sui piedi' (to shoot oneself in the foot).