Meaning
sugar cube
- small cube or lump of sugar (or rarely yeast)
In a sentence
Prendo il caffè con una zolletta di zucchero.
I take my coffee with one sugar cube.
Quante zollette vuoi nel tè?
How many sugar cubes do you want in your tea?
Non c'era più zucchero sfuso, solo zollette.
There was no granulated sugar left, only sugar cubes.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| zolletta | feminine · singular |
| zollette | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Diminutive of 'zolla' (clod/lump of earth); almost exclusively used for 'zolletta di zucchero'.