pasta
pronunciation
How to pronounce pasta in British English:
UK [ˈpæstə]
How to pronounce pasta in American English:
US [ˈpɑːstə]
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- Noun:
- shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
Word Origin
- pasta (n.)
- 1874, from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta "dough, pastry cake, paste," from Greek pasta "barley porridge," probably originally "a salted mess of food," from neuter plural of pastos (adj.) "sprinkled, salted," from passein "to sprinkle," from PIE root *kwet- "to shake" (see quash).
Example
- 1. Bring your lady to the boil quicker than a pan of pasta
- 2. When cooking pasta , be sure to salt the pasta water before heating it .
- 3. One resident said food prices have doubled as people rushed to stock up on essentials like oil , rice and pasta .
- 4. Starchy carbs ( such as brown pasta , brown rice ) are only recommended if you engage in an active job or lifestyle .
- 5. Marco polo brought pasta to italy from china .