🇮🇹 Italian

paste

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feminine

le paste

pastas

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paste
/le ˈpaste/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say paste in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈpaste/

How do you pronounce paste in Italian?

paste is pronounced /le ˈpaste/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La pasta italiana è molto deliciosa e apprezzata in tutto il mondo.

Italian pasta is very delicious and appreciated all over the world.

Questa pasta fresca è stata preparata da mia nonna stamattina.

This fresh pasta was prepared by my grandmother this morning.

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Why is it feminine?

Paste is feminine because it ends in "-a", which is the standard feminine ending for Italian nouns. The word derives from Late Latin "pasta" (feminine), a noun meaning "paste" or "dough". While the etymology linking it to "pastus" (past participle of "pandere") is uncertain and debated among etymologists, the gender is consistently feminine in Italian and other Romance languages due to the productive "-a" feminine ending that developed in Vulgar Latin.

What is the Italian word for pastas?

The Italian word for pastas is le paste — feminine.

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