Lunch in Italy is called "il pranzo", unless it is a sandwich, in which case it is a "panino".
"The meal was delicious" in English means Il piatto era squisito in Italian.
Pranzo. (Apparently. Check The Italian meal: Information from Answers.com.)
Buona Pasta
goduto di un delizioso pasto
Buon appetito! is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Have a great meal!" The pronunciation of the masculine singular phrase -- which translates literally as "Good appetite!" -- will be "BWO-NAP-pe-TEA-to" in Italian.
Buon pasto is an Italian equivalent of 'good meal'. The words in Italian are pronounced 'bwohn PAH-stoh'. The masculine adjective 'buono' means 'good'. The masculine gender noun 'pasto' means 'meal'.
Grazie per un pasto delizioso! is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Thank you for a delicious meal!" The courtesy also translates as "Thanks for one delicious meal!" in English. The pronunciation will be "GRA-tsyey pey-roon PA-sta DEY-lee-SYO-so" in Italian.
Antipasto is an Italian equivalent of the English word "starter." The masculine singular noun translates literally as "before (the) meal" in English. The pronunciation will be "AN-tee-PA-sto" in Pisan Italian.
Buon appetito, uomo mio! is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Enjoy your meal, my man!" The phrase translates literally as "(Have a) good appetite, my man!" in English. The pronunciation will be "bwo-NAP-pey-TEA-to WO-mo MEE-o" in Pisan Italian.
The English phrase "Italian meal" is correct as written since English capitalizes the proper noun-related adjective Italian but not the common noun meal.
"Breakfast" is an English equivalent of the Italian word colazione.Specifically, the word is a feminine noun in its singular form. It may be translated as "collation, light meal, lunch" depending upon the situation and the speaker's birthplace. The pronunciation will be "KO-la-TSYO-ney" in Italian.
"Buon pranzo (lunch)" "Buona cena (dinner)" "Buon appetito (general, more common expression)