polvere da sparo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “powder to shoot.”
Noun
[edit]polvere da sparo f (plural polveri da sparo)
- gunpowder
- Synonyms: polvere, polvere pirica
- 2019, Stranger Things, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin):
- Questi cosi contengono 10 grammi di polvere nera. Cioè polvere da sparo.
- This sucker is filled with 150 grains of black powder. AKA gunpowder.
- (literally, “These things contain 10 grams of black powder. That is, gunpowder.”)