Dictionary

spaghetti western en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.

Meanings

1. A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
   • Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions. 2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns, Oldcastle Books, →ISBN:
   • “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.

Forms

Hypernyms

Eurowestern · western · film · movie

Synonyms

spaghetti · Italo-western

Translations (42)

eu spaghetti western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · hu makaróniwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · eo itala vakera filmo (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · bg спаге́ти-уе́стърн (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · fy spagettywestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · de Italowestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ar فِلْم سْبَاغِيتِي (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · fr western spaghetti (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · fi italowestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · sh шпагѐти-вѐстерн (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ru спаге́тти-ве́стерн (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · it spaghetti western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · pt faroeste espaguete (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · uk спаге́ті-ве́стерн (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · es spaghetti western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · id Koboi Italia (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · fi spagettiwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · sh италѝја̄нскӣ вѐстерн (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · nl spaghettiwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · cmn 意大利式西部片 (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ja マカロニ・ウェスタン (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ar سْبَاغِيتِي وَسْتَرْن (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ko 스파게티 웨스턴 (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ka იტალო-ვესტერნი (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · fa وسترن اسپاگتی (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · sh špagèti-vèstern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · sv spaghettivästern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ko 이탤리언 웨스턴 (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · pt spaghetti western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · vi phim Cao bồi Ý (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · no spaghetti-western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · et spagetivestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · ar غَرْبِيّ سْبَاغِيتِي (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · is spagettívestri (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · he מַעֲרָבוֹן סְפָּגֶטִי (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · hu spagettiwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · pt faroeste macarrônico (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · da spaghettiwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · sh italìjānskī vèstern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · pl spaghetti western (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · it western all'italiana (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company) · de Spaghettiwestern (motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company)