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vespa

Vespa (scooter)

noun VES-pah Rare

Origin: Italian Vespa, literally wasp

Usage Note

Vespa is the Italian scooter brand, used unchanged in French and treated as a feminine noun. The Italian word literally means 'wasp', but the everyday French word for the insect is guêpe. The plural is vespas.

Examples

"Elle traverse la ville sur sa vespa."

Natural Translation

She crosses the city on her Vespa.

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