Pasta

English

Noun

Pasta (countable and uncountable; plural Pastas)

1. Pieces of dough made from wheat and water sometimes mixed with egg used in various cuisines; it is often sold in dried form, and comes in a variety of shapes.
2. A serving of pasta.

Adjectives for Pasta

baked; cooked; cold; cooking; bucatini; fresh; gluten free; homemade; healthy; low carb; vegan;

Etymology

From Italian pasta from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”) from Ancient Greek παστά (pasta, “barley porridge”) from παστός (pastos, “sprinkled with salt”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: päs'tə, IPA: /ˈpɑːstə/, /ˈpaːstə/, SAMPA: /"pA:st@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə
• (UK) enPR: păs'tə, IPA: /ˈpæstə/, SAMPA: /"p{st@/
• Rhymes: -æstə

See also

• fusilli
• linguine
• macaroni
• noodle
• penne
• ravioli
• spaghetti
• tagliatelle
• tortellini
• vermicelli

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:pasta

Translations

pieces of dough made from wheat and water

Arabic: باستا (ar) (baasta) f. Catalan: pasta (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 意大利麵 (cmn), 意大利面 (cmn) (Yìdàlì miàn) Czech: těstoviny (cs) f. pl. Dutch: deegwaren f pl Esperanto: pasto (eo) Finnish: pasta (fi) French: pâtes (fr) f. pl., pâtes alimentaires (fr) f. pl. German: Teigwaren (de) f. pl., Nudeln (de) f. pl. Greek: ζυμαρικά (el) (zimariká) n. pl. Hindi: पास्ता (hi) (pāstā) Italian: pasta (it) f. Japanese: パスタ (ja) (pasuta)

Korean: 파스타 (ko) (paseuta) Latin: pasta (la) Persian: پاستا (fa) (pāsta) Portuguese: massa (pt) f. Russian: макароны (ru) (makaróny) pl., макаронные изделия (ru) (makarónnyje izdélija) n. pl., (slang) паста (ru) (pásta) f. (considered non-standard and has other meanings) Serbian: testenina (sr) f. Slovak: cestovina (sk) f. Spanish: pastas (es) f. pl. Swedish: pasta (sv) c. Tamil: மாச்சேவை maachchEvai Thai: พาสต้า (th) (pâat-dtâa) Welsh: pasta (cy)

Anagrams

• patas
• tapas

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Catalan

Noun

Pasta f. (plural pastes)

1. paste, dough

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

Pasta f.

1. paste

Derived terms

• zubní pasta

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Finnish

Noun

Pasta

1. pasta

Declension

Declension of Pasta (type kala) singular plural nominative Pasta pastat genitive pastan pastojen pastain1 partitive pastaa pastoja accusative Pasta pastan pastat inessive pastassa pastoissa elative pastasta pastoista illative pastaan pastoihin adessive pastalla pastoilla ablative pastalta pastoilta allative pastalle pastoille essive pastana pastoina translative pastaksi pastoiksi instructive – pastoin abessive pastatta pastoitta comitative – pastoineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Noun

pasta f. (plural paste)

1. paste
2. pasta, noodles
3. dough
4. cake, tart
5. texture

Derived terms

• pasta abrasiva
• pasta alimentare
• pasta all'uovo
• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• pasta brisée
• pasta chimica
• pasta cresciuta
• pasta da carta
• pasta di alluminio
• pasta di fondo
• pasta di legno
• pasta di mandorle
• pasta di paglia
• pasta di stracci
• pasta di vetro
• pasta d'uomo
• pasta dura
• pasta fresca
• pasta frolla, pastafrolla
• pasta glutinata
• pasta margherita
• pasta meccanica
• pasta normale

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpasta/

Noun

Pasta f.

1. A soft mixture, paste

Declension

    declension of Pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pasta	pasty
genitive	pasty	past
dative	paście	pastom
accusative	pastę	pasty
instrumental	pastą	pastami
locative	paście	pastach
vocative	pasto	pasty

Derived terms

• pasta do butów
• pasta do zębów
• pasta kanapkowa
• pasta ścierna
• pasta termoprzewodząca

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pâsta/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Noun

pȁsta f. (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

1. pasta, polish

   pasta za zube — toothpaste

   pasta za cipele — shoe polish

Declension

    declension of Pasta

	singular	plural
nominative	pȁsta	paste
genitive	paste	pȃstā / pȃstī
dative	pasti	pastama
accusative	pastu	paste
vocative	pasto	paste
locative	pasti	pastama
instrumental	pastom	pastama

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Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
• Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

Noun

pasta f

1. pasta
2. dough

Derived terms

• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• sculapasta

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Slovak

Noun

Pasta f., pasty pl; past stem; pást gen pl.

1. paste

Declension

See žena for declension

Derived terms

• pastička f
• pastový -á -é

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pasta

Noun

Pasta

1. paste, dough
2. (Spain, slang) money

Related terms

• pasto
• pastar
• pastor

Verb

Pasta (infinitive pastar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pastar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pastar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pastar.

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Turkish

Noun

Pasta

1. cake

Doğum günü pastası

Birthday cake

Declension

declension of Pasta

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pasta	pastalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	pastayı	pastaları
dative (yönelme)	pastaya	pastalara
locative (bulunma)	pastada	pastalarda
ablative (çıkma)	pastadan	pastalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	pastanın	pastaların

See also

• kek

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Welsh

Noun

Pasta m. (uncountable) 

1. pasta.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pasta	basta	mhasta	phasta