budello

Italian

Etymology

From earlier *butello, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”), possibly through Vulgar Latin *butellus. Cognate with English bowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈdɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: bu‧dèl‧lo

Noun

budello m (plural (in the meaning "intestines, bowels") budella f or (all other meanings) budelli m)

1. (usually in the plural) intestines, bowels, guts

   Synonym: intestino

2. (also uncountable) gut (material)

   Synonym: (Tuscan) busecchia

3. (figurative) thin tube

   Synonyms: cannello, cannuccia, tubicino

4. (figurative) alleyway

   Synonyms: stradina, stradella, vicolo, viuzza

   Antonyms: stradone, viale

Derived terms

• imbudellare
• riempirsi le budella
• sbudellare
• torcibudella

Related terms

• botulino
• botulismo

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Büdel