🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

couro vachetta

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko-ɾu va-ʃe-ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vachetta/vəˈkɛtə/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As alças da bolsa são de couro vachetta natural."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A soft, untreated, vegetable-tanned calf leather famously used for luxury goods and luggage trimmings, which darkens and develops a rich patina with age and exposure to sunlight and oils.

    "The classic designer handbag features natural vachetta leather handles that will darken gracefully over the years."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vachetta, a diminutive of vachka or vacca meaning 'cow', originating from Latin vacca. The term entered English in the late 20th century via the luxury leather goods industry, specifically denoting high-end vegetable-tanned calf leather known for developing a unique patina over time.

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