Cucino la pasta and Sto cucinando la pasta are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "I'm cooking pasta." Context makes clear whether the speaker needs to emphasize being busy, being in the middle of, making pasta (case 2). The respective pronunciations will be "koo-TCHEE-no la PA-sta" in the present and "sto KOO-tchee-NAN-do la PA-sta" in the present progressive in Italian.
"Delicious pasta" in English means deliziosa pasta in Italian.
"House of Pasta" in English is La casa della pasta in Italian.
"The pasta is great!" in English is La pasta è ottima! in Italian.
Voglio pasta calda! in Italian means "I want hot pasta!" in English.
"Delicious pasta salad!" in English is Insalata di pasta deliziosa! in Italian.
Pasta is the Italian equivalent of the English word "pasta." The feminine singular noun serves as an Italian loan word in English and additionally translates as "dough (money)," "paste" or "pastry" according to English contexts. The pronunciation will be "PA-sta" in Italian.
Buona Pasta
"Dough" and "pastry" are literal English equivalents of the Italian word pasta. Regardless of meaning or use, the pronunciation of the feminine singular noun remains "PA-sta" in Italian.
La pasta è cotta! is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "The pasta is done!" The declaration/exclamation translates literally as "The pasta is cooked!" in English. The pronunciation will be "la PA-sta eh KOT-ta" in Italian.
Strozzaprezzi is a kind of pasta, which translates from the Italian as "strangled priests"!
"Little" in size is an English equivalent of the -iniending on Italian pasta names. The pronunciation of the masculine plural suffix will be "EE-nee" in Italian.
Gli strozzapreti is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Hit the priest pasta." The masculine plura phrase literally translates as "the strangle-priests" in English. The pronunciation will be "STROT-tsa-PREH-tee" in Pisan Italian.