Noun: pentito
| Singular | pentito |
| Plural | pentiti |
Sample Sentences
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According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra. [2007, Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss, Gomorrah, Pan, published 2017, page 50:]
Nouns inflected like pentito
scampo,
smalto,
panzerotto,
fumetto,
grissino,
confetto,
concetto,
bozzetto,
pentito,
contorno,
cortissimo,
porcino,
sampietrino,
puntello,
biscotto,
madrigaletto,
dipinto,
latticino,
piffero,
pasticciotto, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”). See: Italian Nouns '
pentito'.