Languages › Italian Italian Words Beginning With the Letter Z Print Katrin Ray Shumakov / Getty Images Italian Vocabulary History & Culture Grammar By Michael San Filippo Michael San Filippo Italian Expert M.A., Italian Studies, Middlebury College B.A., Biology, Northeastern University Michael San Filippo co-wrote The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian History and Culture. He is a tutor of Italian language and culture. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on June 03, 2018 Read More Zuppa di Alfabeto: Italian Abbreviations and Acronyms By Michael San Filippo Try out these Italian words beginning with the letter Z, with their English translations: zacchera – splash of mudzaccherone – mud-bespattered personzaffare – to stop upzaffata – stenchzafferano – saffronzaffirino – sapphirezagara – orange blossomzaino – knapsackzampa – leg, footzampare – to paw the groundzampillante – gushing, spurtingzampirone – fumigatorzampogna – bagpipezana – basketzangolare – to churnzanna – fang, tuskzanni – clown mask, fool, zanyzanzara – mosquitozappa – hoezappare – to hoezattera – raft, slabzavorro – ballast, dead weightzazzera – mop of hairzecca – mintzecchino – sequinzelante – zealouszelo – zealzenit – zenithzenzero – gingerzeppa – wedgezeppo – packed, crammed, burstingzibaldone – mixture, medleyzelo – zealzerbino – matzibellino – sablezimbellare – to lure, to enticezimbello – decoyzincare – to coat with zinczinco – zinczio – unclezippolo – pin, pegzitto – silencezizzania – discordzocollaio – clog makerzocollare – to clatter about in clogszodiaco – zodiaczolfo – sulfurzolla – clodzollette – sugar cubezompare – to jump, to leapzona – zone, bandzoologia – zoologyzoppaggine – lameness, shake, ricketyzoppicare – to limpzoticaggine – roughness, boorishnesszoticone – boor, lout, rough personzucca – summer squashzucchero – sugarzuccheroso – sweet, sugaryzucchino – squashzuccone – blockheadzuffa – scuffle, frayzufolare – to whistlezuppa – soupzuppiera – soup tureenzuppo – soaked Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Filippo, Michael San. "Italian Words Beginning With the Letter Z." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/italian-words-beginning-with-the-letter-z-4085533. Filippo, Michael San. (2020, August 27). Italian Words Beginning With the Letter Z. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/italian-words-beginning-with-the-letter-z-4085533 Filippo, Michael San. "Italian Words Beginning With the Letter Z." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/italian-words-beginning-with-the-letter-z-4085533 (accessed April 23, 2024). copy citation