Meaning
tick; mint
- a small, blood-sucking parasitic arachnid found outdoors
- a facility where coins and official medals are manufactured
In a sentence
Controlla il cane dopo la passeggiata nel bosco per vedere se ha una zecca.
Check the dog after the walk in the woods to see if it has a tick.
Ha appena comprato una bicicletta nuova di zecca.
He just bought a brand-new bicycle.
Questa moneta è stata prodotta dalla zecca dello Stato.
This coin was minted by the state mint.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| zecca | feminine · singular |
| zecche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Frequently appears in the common idiom 'nuovo di zecca', meaning 'brand new'.