What is the Italian translation of 'pastry'?

Answer 1

Pasticcino in terms of a baked good, pasta in general and impasto in terms of dough are Italian equivalents of the English word "pastry."

Specifically, the masculine plural noun pasticcino means "baked good, cake, confectionery, pastry." Its singular definite article il means "the." Its singular indefinite article un, uno means "a, one." The pronunciation is "PAH-steetch-TCHEE-noh."

The feminine noun pasta means "dough, pasta, pastry." It may refer to pasta such as spaghetti and to pastry such as baked goods. Its singular definite article is la ("the"). Its singular indefinite article is una ("a, one"). The pronunciation is "PAH-stah."

The masculine noun impasto means "dough." Its singular definite article is l'.*

Its singular indefinite article is un, uno. The pronunciation is "eem-PAH-stoh."

*The article actually is il. But the vowel i drops before a noun that begins with a vowel. The temporary nature of the dropped vowel is indicated by an apostrophe immediately after the remaining letter l and immediately before the first letter in the following noun.

Answer 2

Pasticcini is an Italian equivalent of the English word "pastries" in terms of baked goods, cakes, and confectioneries.

Specifically, the Italian word is a masculine noun. Its plural definite article i means "the." Its plural indefinite article dei means "some."

The pronunciation is "PAH-steetch-TCHEE-nee."