English

Noun

pasta ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pastas)

1. (uncountable) (particularly in Italian cooking) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form, it is typically boiled for eating.
2. (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
3. (countable) A type of pasta.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pasta.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pasta

Related terms

• paste

Translations

Anagrams

• patas
• tapas

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpastə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

Noun

pasta f ‎(plural pastes)

1. paste, dough

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

pasta f

1. paste

Declension

Derived terms

• zubní pasta

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Late Latin pasta.

Noun

pasta f ‎(plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. paste

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta f ‎(plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)

1. pasta

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta ‎(“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά ‎(pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός ‎(pastós, “sprinkled with salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)

1. pasta

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ

Noun

pasta

1. pasta

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰasta/
• Rhymes: -asta

Noun

pasta n ‎(genitive singular pasta, no plural)

1. pasta

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta.

Noun

pasta f ‎(plural paste)

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

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάστα ‎(pásta)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ta/

Noun

pasta f ‎(genitive pastae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) paste

Inflection

First declension.

Participle

pasta

1. nominative feminine singular of pastus
2. nominative neuter plural of pastus
3. accusative neuter plural of pastus
4. vocative feminine singular of pastus
5. vocative neuter plural of pastus

pastā

1. ablative feminine singular of pastus

References

• pasta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PASTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pasta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

pasta m

1. genitive singular form of pasts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian pasta

Noun

pasta m ‎(definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived terms

• (sense 2) tannpasta

References

• “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian pasta

Noun

pasta m ‎(definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)

1. pasta (usually uncountable)
2. paste

Derived terms

• (sense 2) tannpasta

References

• “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/

Noun

pasta f

1. A soft mixture, paste

Declension

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta ‎(“dough, pastry cake, paste”).

Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)

1. (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
2. paste

   Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.‎

   I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.

3. folder (organizer)
4. (computing, Brazil) folder (container of computer files)
5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
6. (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

Synonyms

• (dough): massa
• (container of computer files): ficheiro, diretório
• (briefcase): maleta

Derived terms

• pasta de dente

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâsta/
• Hyphenation: pas‧ta

Noun

pȁsta f ‎(Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)

1. pasta, polish

   pasta za zube‎ ― toothpaste

   pasta za cipele‎ ― shoe polish

Declension

Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
• Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

Noun

pasta f

1. pasta
2. dough

Derived terms

• pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
• sculapasta

Slovak

Noun

pasta f

1. paste

Declension

Derived terms

• pastička
• pastový

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin pasta.

Noun

pasta f ‎(plural pastas)

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

Related terms

• pasto
• pastar
• pastor

Verb

pasta

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.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian pasta.

Noun

pasta ‎(definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)

1. (cooking) cake

Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi.‎

[A/The] birthday cake was very nice.

Declension

See also

• kek

Welsh

Noun

pasta m (uncountable)

1. pasta

Mutation