pasta
Meaning
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- (feminine) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
- (feminine) paste
- (feminine) folder (organizer)
- (feminine) folder (container of computer files)
- (feminine) briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
- (feminine) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpas.tɐ/
Etymology
From Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).
New
pastar
- (intransitive,transitive) to graze (eat grass from a pasture)
- (colloquial,intransitive) to idle, to laze around
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