A2🍕 Food
Italian word
peperone
bell pepper / sweet pepper (singular of peperoni)
Looks like
pepperoni
spicy cured sausage
⚠️ The trap
This is the singular form of 'peperoni' (see ff-food-001). A 'peperone' is simply one bell pepper. It has nothing to do with the spicy sausage. Even in the singular, the confusion with English 'pepperoni' persists.
To say "spicy cured sausage" in Italian:
peperone (bell pepper, singular)
"peperone" in English means:
bell pepper / sweet pepper (singular of peperoni)
Example
"Ho comprato un peperone rosso al mercato."
"I bought a red bell pepper at the market."
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