pasta
Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various…Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
» Does Tom like pasta?
Том любить макарони?
Том любить лапшу?
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
Nudeln, Teigwaren, Pasta
макаро́ныmakaróny, макаро́нные изде́лияmakarónnyje izdélija, па́стаpásta
макаро́нні ви́робиmakarónni výroby, макаро́ниmakaróny
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any type of noodle.
(uncountable)A dish or serving of pasta.
Nudeln, Nudelgericht
a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
(countable)A type of pasta.
A copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme).
(Philippines, countable, uncountable)Dental filling.
Examples
191 sentencesDoes Tom like pasta?
Том любить макарони?
Tom's favorite food is pasta.
Улюблена їжа Тома — вермішель.
My mother often makes pasta salad.
deMeine Mutter macht oft Nudelsalat.
I cooked the pasta too long.
ruЯ переварил макароны.
I eat a lot of pasta.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastBorrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”). Doublet of paste.
Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). Doublet of paste.
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Forms
plural: pastasSynonyms
5 synonyms- shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg:alimentary paste
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable