Vespa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Vespa in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Vespa in American English:
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- Noun:
- type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
Word Origin
- Vespa (n.)
- 1950, proprietary name of an Italian make of motor scooter, first produced 1946, from Italian, literally "wasp," from Latin vespa (see wasp). Rival brand was Lambretta.
Example
- 1. It 's the second biggest vespa they make !
- 2. Other times , we 'll jump on the vespa and drive around the city .
- 3. We had some very happy , relatively carefree times : we pottered around london on our vespa , went on holiday , did a lot of cooking .
- 4. Not all of us can roll into the office whenever our vespa happens to get us there , but most of us with jobs that don 't require constant on-call awareness can trade e-mail for organization and single-focus work .