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frutta sotto spirito

English translation: brandied fruit

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Italian term or phrase:frutta sotto spirito
English translation:brandied fruit
Entered by: carly kelly

11:53 Sep 19, 2021
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / fruit
Italian term or phrase: frutta sotto spirito
"Il profumo del Primitivo è di frutti rossi con descrittori di amarena, more e prugna e una sempre maggiore sensazione di frutta sotto spirito con l’aumento del grado alcolico"

Any ideas as to how I can translate "frutta sotto spirito"? All I've come up with so far is liqoured fruit but I'm not very confident.
TIA
Carly
carly kelly
Italy
Local time: 19:54
brandied fruit
Explanation:
it is snappy enough, isn't it?

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Note added at 1 дн 4 час (2021-09-20 16:16:09 GMT)
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Oopps, Sorry, brandied fruit has already appeared in the comments, see Barbara Carrara's comment, which is, imho, very to the point.
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oldnick
Local time: 20:54
Grading comment
Thanks oldnick, this is what I went for in the end. Thanks all for your suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2fruit preserved in alcohol
martini
4Alcohol preserved fruit/fruits
Lisa Jane
4preserved fruit/fruit-infused alcohol
philgoddard
4brandied fruit
oldnick
3Fruit soaked in alcohol
Roberta Broccoletti
3"liquored fruit", "fruit-infused liquor", "fruit liqueur"
NPutt
Summary of reference entries provided
A few more from the late Giles Watson's wine glossary
Barbara Carrara

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Alcohol preserved fruit/fruits


Explanation:
an alternative




    https://preserveandpickle.com/preserving-fruit-alcohol/
Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 19:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
preserved fruit/fruit-infused alcohol


Explanation:
Here"s two suggestions.



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Note added at 22 mins (2021-09-19 12:16:01 GMT)
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It's a fortified wine:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-391-primitivo

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Note added at 24 mins (2021-09-19 12:18:02 GMT)
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http://www.cucinarefacile.com/guide-di-cucina/preparare-la-f...

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lisa Jane: preserved fruit doesn't necessarily mean in alcohol and fruit infused alcohol only refers to the liquid minus the fruit. frutta sotto spirito is a specific flavour and not just "fruity".
7 mins
  -> "Alcohol" is redundant - it's obvious from the context. And "fruit-infused" is poetic licence. Basically they're saying it's very fruity.
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Fruit soaked in alcohol


Explanation:
Mia proposta

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Note added at 48 min (2021-09-19 12:41:32 GMT)
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Questa definizione che ho trovato si riferisce alla frutta secca/disidratata sotto spirito. Nom so se è il tuo caso


https://cooking.stackexchange.com
"Soacking fruit in alcohol"

https://www.donnad.i

"Frutta secca sotto spirito"


Roberta Broccoletti
Italy
Local time: 19:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fruit preserved in alcohol


Explanation:
Spiking Summer Fruit in Order to Preserve It - The New York Times ...
https://www.nytimes.com › dining

21 set 2010 — FRUIT preserved in alcohol makes a marvelous dessert topping, spooned over ice cream, poundcake, panna cotta or ricotta, and it has other

https://rediscover.co.nz/boozy-brandied-grapes/?doing_wp_cro...

martini
Italy
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: oh, but maybe not so good if trying to avoid using "alcohol" twice.
1 hr
agree  EleoE
1 hr
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"liquored fruit", "fruit-infused liquor", "fruit liqueur"


Explanation:
"Fruit preserved in alcohol" is a heavy mouthful, insufficiently pleasing for a text trying to attract us to the wine. "Fruit soaked in alchol" is awful; this isn't laundry we're talking about. "Fruit-infused alcohol" is readable and tempting but doesn't solve the double use of "alcohol", mentioned as a problem.

Example sentence(s):
  • Garnish the drink with a slice of liquored fruit for extra flavour.

    https://www.annsentitledlife.com/wine-and-liquor/adult-fruit-drink/
NPutt
Italy
Local time: 19:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
brandied fruit


Explanation:
it is snappy enough, isn't it?

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Note added at 1 дн 4 час (2021-09-20 16:16:09 GMT)
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Oopps, Sorry, brandied fruit has already appeared in the comments, see Barbara Carrara's comment, which is, imho, very to the point.

oldnick
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks oldnick, this is what I went for in the end. Thanks all for your suggestions.
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Reference comments


19 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: A few more from the late Giles Watson's wine glossary

Reference information:
They are marked 'referring to aroma', as is the already suggested 'fruit liqueur'.
I haven't included those mentioning 'alcohol', since you'd rather avoid the repetition.

liqueur fruit

brandied fruit

bottled fruit

Barbara Carrara
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Rachel Fell: Yes, how nice.
53 mins
  -> Thank you, Rachel. I saw this as an opportunity to remember Giles.
agree  tradu-grace: when I see a question on wine or a similar one I always have a thought to Giles and its wine glossary and not forget his Corriere della Sera articles' translations. He was great!
7 hrs
  -> He was, wasn't he.
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