The word "dapolito" is spelled as /dæpəlitoʊ/. It is a proper noun commonly used as a last name among Italian-Americans. The phonetic transcription helps to represent the sounds of the word in writing. Here, the IPA symbols "d" (/d/), "a" (/æ/), "p" (/p/), "i" (/i/), "l" (/l/), "t" (/t/) and "o" (/oʊ/) represent the sound of each letter in the word. Phonetics is an essential tool to help understand the pronunciation of words in English language.