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.
"Pasta" in English is pasta in Italian.
"Delicious pasta" in English means deliziosa pasta in Italian.
"The pasta is great!" in English is La pasta è ottima! in Italian.
"House of Pasta" in English is La casa della pasta 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.
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.
Strozzaprezzi is a kind of pasta, which translates from the Italian as "strangled priests"!
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.
"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.
Pasta Vita is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "pasta life." The feminine singular phrase most famously references a gourmet-to-go retail operation in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The pronunciation will be PA-sta VEE-ta" in Italian.