# pasta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta (“paste; pasta, noodles”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), neuter plural of παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”), from Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”). Doublet of paste.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpæstə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Northern England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland) IPA: /ˈpastə/
* (General American) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpɑstə/
* (Canada) enPR: păsʹtə, päsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpæstə/, /ˈpɑstə/
* (General Australian) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpɐːstə/
* (New Zealand) enPR: päsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpɐːstɘ/
* (New Zealand, Broad) enPR: păsʹtə, IPA: /ˈpɛstɘ/
* (Indic) IPA: /paːst̪aː/
* Homophone: pastor (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)
* Rhymes: -æstə, -ɑːstə

### Noun

pasta (countable and uncountable, plural pastas or (rare) paste)
* (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
    Hyponym: macaroni
** (loosely) Any type of noodle.
* (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.
* (countable) A type of pasta.
* (uncountable, Philippines) Dental filling.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pasta.

#### Hyponyms

* See also Thesaurus:pasta

#### Derived terms

* copypasta
* egg pasta
* hasta la pasta
* hasta pasta
* nuclear pasta
* pasta bake
* pasta basica
* pasta e fagioli
* pasta fazool
* Pastagate
* pasta salad
* pasta sauce
* pasta wheat

#### Related terms

* pasta filata
* paste
* pâté
* pate
* patty

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: pasta
* → Hindi: पास्ता (pāstā)
* → Marathi: पास्ता (pāstā)
* → Thai: พาสตา (páas-dtâa)
* → Welsh: pasta

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ataps, patas, tapas

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.ta]
* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Noun

pásta (Basahan spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* paste
    Synonym: pulot
* (dentistry) filling
    Synonym: semento

#### Derived terms

* ipasta
* magpasta
* pastahan

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpas.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpas.ta]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)

#### Noun

pasta f (plural pastes)
* paste, putty
* pulp (for papermaking)
* dough
* pasta (dough made from wheat and water)
* (colloquial) money, dough

##### Derived terms

* empastar
* empastifar
* pasta d'ebenista
* pasta de dents
* pasta de te
* pasta fullada
* pastar
* pastetes
* pastís

#### References

* “pasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pasta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pasta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pasta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pasta
* inflection of pastar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pasta.

#### Noun

pasta
* dental filling

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

pasta
* pasta
** dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating
** a dish or serving of pasta
** a type of pasta

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

### Noun

pasta f
* (Luserna) pasta

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpasta]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pasta f
* paste

#### Derived terms

* zubní pasta

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “pasta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “pasta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Italian pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰæsd̥æ], [ˈpʰæstæ]

### Noun

pasta c (singular definite pastaen, plural indefinite pastaer)
* pasta (food)
* paste

#### Derived terms

* fuldkornspasta
* pastadej
* pastafabrik
* pastafabrikant
* pastaform
* pastakogebog
* pastakuvert
* pastamager
* pastaopskrift
* pastaprodukt
* pastaproduktion
* pastaret
* pastarør
* pastasalat
* pastaskrue
* pastastykke
* pastavare
* tandpasta

#### See also

* makaroni
* nudel
* spaghetti

### References

* “pasta” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑs.taː/
* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”). Displaced paste.

#### Noun

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)
* paste [from late 16th c.]
** 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, part 2, publ. by Martinus Nijhoff (1956), page 147.
    Het eerste noemen die AEgyptenaren assis, 'twelc is poyer van kennep ofte hennep bladeren, met water tot een pasta ofte deegh ghemaect, daer af zy vijf ofte meer stucxkens eten, so groot als castanien, van 't vvelcke de ghene, die sulcks ghegheten hebben, een ure daernae niet anders worden dan of zy droncken waren, met ontsinnigheyt; worden van selfs gelijc oft zy opgetrocken waren, ende haer verschynen vremde ghesichten, daer in zy groote vermakelickheyt hebben.The first one the Egyptians call hashish, which is a powder of cannabis or hemp leaves, made into a paste or dough with water, of which they eat five or more pieces as big as chestnuts, from which those who have eaten such, become for an hour thereafter nothing but as if they were drunk, with senselessness; [they] become on their own as if they are in an exalted state, and strange visions appear to them, in which they have great amusement.

##### Derived terms

* chocoladepasta
* hazelnootpasta
* pastavreter
* tandpasta

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: pasta
* → Indonesian: pasta

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

#### Noun

pasta f (plural pasta's, diminutive pastaatje n)
* pasta [from mid 19th c.]
** 1866, S. J. van den Bergh, “Een Engelschman onder de roovers”, in De Gids, volume 30, page 334:Een groot vuur brandde lustig onder een ketel gevuld met pasta, eene soort van macaroni, waarboven gansche brokken sneeuw werden gesmolten die met een overvloed van warme geitenmelk, ons tot drank verstrekten.A large fire burned eagerly under a cauldron filled with pasta, a type of macaroni, above which entire chunks of snow were molten that served us as a beverage [together] with an abundance of warm goat milk.

##### Derived terms

* pastamachine
* pastasalade
* pastasaus
* pastavorm

## Faroese
### Etymology

Borrowed 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: /ˈpʰasta/
* Rhymes: -asta

### Noun

pasta f (genitive singular pastu, uncountable)
* pasta

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑstɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

#### Noun

pasta
* pasta

##### Declension

Possessive forms of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastani
pastani
accusative
nom.
pastani
pastani
gen.
pastani
genitive
pastani
pastojeni pastaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaani
pastojani
inessive
pastassani
pastoissani
elative
pastastani
pastoistani
illative
pastaani
pastoihini
adessive
pastallani
pastoillani
ablative
pastaltani
pastoiltani
allative
pastalleni
pastoilleni
essive
pastanani
pastoinani
translative
pastakseni
pastoikseni
abessive
pastattani
pastoittani
instructive
comitative
—pastoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastasi
pastasi
accusative
nom.
pastasi
pastasi
gen.
pastasi
genitive
pastasi
pastojesi pastaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaasi
pastojasi
inessive
pastassasi
pastoissasi
elative
pastastasi
pastoistasi
illative
pastaasi
pastoihisi
adessive
pastallasi
pastoillasi
ablative
pastaltasi
pastoiltasi
allative
pastallesi
pastoillesi
essive
pastanasi
pastoinasi
translative
pastaksesi
pastoiksesi
abessive
pastattasi
pastoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pastoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastamme
pastamme
accusative
nom.
pastamme
pastamme
gen.
pastamme
genitive
pastamme
pastojemme pastaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaamme
pastojamme
inessive
pastassamme
pastoissamme
elative
pastastamme
pastoistamme
illative
pastaamme
pastoihimme
adessive
pastallamme
pastoillamme
ablative
pastaltamme
pastoiltamme
allative
pastallemme
pastoillemme
essive
pastanamme
pastoinamme
translative
pastaksemme
pastoiksemme
abessive
pastattamme
pastoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pastoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastanne
pastanne
accusative
nom.
pastanne
pastanne
gen.
pastanne
genitive
pastanne
pastojenne pastainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaanne
pastojanne
inessive
pastassanne
pastoissanne
elative
pastastanne
pastoistanne
illative
pastaanne
pastoihinne
adessive
pastallanne
pastoillanne
ablative
pastaltanne
pastoiltanne
allative
pastallenne
pastoillenne
essive
pastananne
pastoinanne
translative
pastaksenne
pastoiksenne
abessive
pastattanne
pastoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pastoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastansa
pastansa
accusative
nom.
pastansa
pastansa
gen.
pastansa
genitive
pastansa
pastojensa pastainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaansa
pastojaan pastojansa
inessive
pastassaan pastassansa
pastoissaan pastoissansa
elative
pastastaan pastastansa
pastoistaan pastoistansa
illative
pastaansa
pastoihinsa
adessive
pastallaan pastallansa
pastoillaan pastoillansa
ablative
pastaltaan pastaltansa
pastoiltaan pastoiltansa
allative
pastalleen pastallensa
pastoilleen pastoillensa
essive
pastanaan pastanansa
pastoinaan pastoinansa
translative
pastakseen pastaksensa
pastoikseen pastoiksensa
abessive
pastattaan pastattansa
pastoittaan pastoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pastoineen pastoinensa :

##### Derived terms

* pastafarismi
* kuivapasta
* munapasta
* nauhapasta
* pastakone
* pastaruoka
* pastasiivilä
* pastataikina
* pastavuoka
* pennepasta
* perhospasta
* putkipasta
* ruispasta
* tuorepasta

### Etymology 2

From Late Latin pasta.

#### Noun

pasta
* Synonym of tahna (“paste”)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of pasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastani
pastani
accusative
nom.
pastani
pastani
gen.
pastani
genitive
pastani
pastojeni pastaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaani
pastojani
inessive
pastassani
pastoissani
elative
pastastani
pastoistani
illative
pastaani
pastoihini
adessive
pastallani
pastoillani
ablative
pastaltani
pastoiltani
allative
pastalleni
pastoilleni
essive
pastanani
pastoinani
translative
pastakseni
pastoikseni
abessive
pastattani
pastoittani
instructive
comitative
—pastoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastasi
pastasi
accusative
nom.
pastasi
pastasi
gen.
pastasi
genitive
pastasi
pastojesi pastaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaasi
pastojasi
inessive
pastassasi
pastoissasi
elative
pastastasi
pastoistasi
illative
pastaasi
pastoihisi
adessive
pastallasi
pastoillasi
ablative
pastaltasi
pastoiltasi
allative
pastallesi
pastoillesi
essive
pastanasi
pastoinasi
translative
pastaksesi
pastoiksesi
abessive
pastattasi
pastoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pastoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastamme
pastamme
accusative
nom.
pastamme
pastamme
gen.
pastamme
genitive
pastamme
pastojemme pastaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaamme
pastojamme
inessive
pastassamme
pastoissamme
elative
pastastamme
pastoistamme
illative
pastaamme
pastoihimme
adessive
pastallamme
pastoillamme
ablative
pastaltamme
pastoiltamme
allative
pastallemme
pastoillemme
essive
pastanamme
pastoinamme
translative
pastaksemme
pastoiksemme
abessive
pastattamme
pastoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pastoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastanne
pastanne
accusative
nom.
pastanne
pastanne
gen.
pastanne
genitive
pastanne
pastojenne pastainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaanne
pastojanne
inessive
pastassanne
pastoissanne
elative
pastastanne
pastoistanne
illative
pastaanne
pastoihinne
adessive
pastallanne
pastoillanne
ablative
pastaltanne
pastoiltanne
allative
pastallenne
pastoillenne
essive
pastananne
pastoinanne
translative
pastaksenne
pastoiksenne
abessive
pastattanne
pastoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pastoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pastansa
pastansa
accusative
nom.
pastansa
pastansa
gen.
pastansa
genitive
pastansa
pastojensa pastainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pastaansa
pastojaan pastojansa
inessive
pastassaan pastassansa
pastoissaan pastoissansa
elative
pastastaan pastastansa
pastoistaan pastoistansa
illative
pastaansa
pastoihinsa
adessive
pastallaan pastallansa
pastoillaan pastoillansa
ablative
pastaltaan pastaltansa
pastoiltaan pastoiltansa
allative
pastalleen pastallensa
pastoilleen pastoillensa
essive
pastanaan pastanansa
pastoinaan pastoinansa
translative
pastakseen pastaksensa
pastoikseen pastoiksensa
abessive
pastattaan pastattansa
pastoittaan pastoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pastoineen pastoinensa :

##### Derived terms

* juotospasta
* pastajuotos
* sinkkipasta

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

### Anagrams

* Tapsa, tapas

## Galician
### Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. From Latin pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas̺.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -asta
* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)
* paste
** 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole.take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste
* pasta
* dough
    Synonym: masa
* binding, cover of a book

#### Derived terms

* empastar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pasta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pasta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pasta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “pasta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʰasta/
* Rhymes: -asta

### Noun

pasta n (genitive singular pasta, no plural)
* pasta

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch pasta (“pasta, paste”), from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastel.
* The sense of pasta is loaned via Italian pasta.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -asta
* Syllabification: pas‧ta

### Noun

pásta (plural pasta-pasta)
* paste: a soft moist mixture
* pasta:
** dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating; a dish or serving of pasta
** a type of pasta

#### Derived terms

* berpasta
* pasta gigi

#### Related terms

* pastel

### Further reading

* “pasta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Etymology

From English pasta, 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: /ˈpˠasˠt̪ˠə/

### Noun

pasta m (genitive singular pasta)
* pasta

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
pasta
vocative
a phasta
genitive
pasta
dative
pasta
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an pasta
genitive
an phasta
dative
leis an bpasta don phasta :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.sta/
* Rhymes: -asta
* Hyphenation: pà‧sta

### Noun

pasta f (plural paste)
* paste
* pasta, noodles
* dough
* cake, tart
* texture

#### Derived terms

* pasta abrasiva
* pasta alimentare
* pasta all'uovo
* pasta asciutta
* pasta brisée
* pasta chimica
* pasta cresciuta
* pasta d'uomo
* pasta da carta
* pasta di alluminio
* pasta di fondo
* pasta di legno
* pasta di mandorle
* pasta di paglia
* pasta di stracci
* pasta di vetro
* pasta dura
* pasta fresca
* pasta frolla
* pasta glutinata
* pasta margherita
* pasta meccanica
* pasta normale
* pastafrolla
* pastasciutta
* pasticca

#### Descendants

* → Afar: bastá
* → Cimbrian: pasta
* → Danish: pasta
* → Dutch: pasta
** Afrikaans: pasta
** → Indonesian: pasta
* → English: pasta (see there for further descendants)
* → Faroese: pasta
* → Finnish: pasta
* → Greek: πάστα (pásta)
** → Romanian: pastă
* → Icelandic: pasta
* → Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
* → Korean: 파스타 (paseuta)
* → Ladin: pasta
* → Mòcheno: pasta
* → Norwegian: pasta
* → Persian: پاستا (pâstâ)
* → Somali: baasto
* → Turkish: pasta
* → West Frisian: pasta

### Anagrams

* spata

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá), from παστός (pastós), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäs̠t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

#### Noun

pasta f (genitive pastae); first declension (Late Latin)
* paste
* (New Latin) pasta

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* *pastīcius

##### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: pasta (see there for further descendants)
** Sicilian: pasta
* Padanian:
** Venetan: pasta
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Old French: paste
*** Middle French: paste
**** French: pâte
*** → Middle English: paste
**** English: paste
***** → Cebuano: pasta
**** Scots: paste, paist
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: pasta
** Occitan: pasta
* Ibero-Romance:
** Galician: pasta
** Portuguese: pasta
** Spanish: pasta
Unsorted borrowings (many or all via French/Italian):
* → Belarusian: паста (pasta)
* → Czech: pasta
* → Dutch: pasta
** Afrikaans: pasta
** → Indonesian: pasta
* → Finnish: pasta
* → German: Paste
** → Japanese: パスタ (pasuta)
* → Hungarian: paszta
* → Macedonian: паста (pasta)
* → Polish: pasta
* → Russian: паста (pasta)
* → Serbo-Croatian: pasta / паста
* → Slovak: pasta
* → Ukrainian: паста (pasta)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* pāsta: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaːs.ta/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ä]
* pāsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]
* pāstā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaːs.taː/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪äː]
* pāstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.ta/, [ˈpäst̪ä]

#### Participle

pāsta
* inflection of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”):
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Participle

pāstā
* ablative feminine singular of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”)

### 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* pasta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1123.
* pasta in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1502

## Latvian
### Noun

pasta m
* genitive singular of pasts

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Italian pasta, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

### Noun

pasta f
* pasta

### References

* “pasta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

### Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer, definite plural pastaene)
* pasta (usually uncountable)
* paste

#### Derived terms

* (sense 2) tannpasta

### References

* “pasta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

### Noun

pasta m (definite singular pastaen, indefinite plural pastaer or pastaar, definite plural pastaene or pastaane)
* pasta (usually uncountable)
* paste

#### Derived terms

* (sense 2) tannpasta

### References

* “pasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpas.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -asta
* Syllabification: pas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

#### Noun

pasta f
* paste (soft mixture)
* Italian pasta

##### Derived terms

* pasta do butów
* pasta do zębów
* pasta kanapkowa
* pasta ścierna
* pasta termoprzewodząca
* pastować impf

### Etymology 2

Clipping of copypasta.

#### Noun

pasta f
* (Internet slang) copypasta (block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else)
    Synonym: copypasta

##### Declension
### Further reading

* pasta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pasta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpas.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpas.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpas.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɐ, (Portugal) -aʃtɐ
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).
Cognate with Galician pasta.

#### Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)
* (cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
    Synonym: massa
* paste
    Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente. ― I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.
* folder (organizer)
* (computing) folder (container of computer files)
    Synonym: diretório
* briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
    Synonym: maleta
* (politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

##### Derived terms

* pasta de dente
* pasta de dentes
* pasta dentífrica
* pastoso

##### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Pasda

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pasta
* inflection of pastar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “pasta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasta/

### Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)
* paste
* pasta
* dough

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pâsta/
* Hyphenation: pas‧ta

### Noun

pȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ста)
* paste, polish
    pasta za zube ― toothpaste
    pasta za cipele ― shoe polish

#### Derived terms

* pasta za zube
* pasta za cipele

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasta/, [ˈpaʃta]
* Hyphenation: pàs‧ta

### Noun

pasta f
* pasta
* dough

#### Derived terms

* pasta asciutta, pastasciutta
* sculapasta

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pasta; cf. Italian pasta, English paste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpasta]

### Noun

pasta f (relational adjective pastový, diminutive pastička)
* paste

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasta/ [ˈpas.t̪a]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -asta
* Syllabification: pas‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

#### Noun

pasta f (plural pastas)
* pasta
* paste, dough
* biscuit
* (Spain, slang) money, dough
    Synonyms: (Latin America) plata, lana, dinero
** 2006, Irvine Welsh, Federico Corriente Basús transl., Porno, Anagrama (→ISBN)
    No está tan engreído como de costumbre; parece bien jodido. «No lo entiendo, Spud. Pensé que me quedaba mucha pasta para las vacaciones; tenía previsto llevarme a mi hija por ahí. […]»(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (slang) Ellipsis of pasta de cocaína (“cocaine paste”).
* Ellipsis of pasta de dientes (“toothpaste”).

##### Derived terms

* hecho de otra pasta
* pasta base
* pasta de dientes
* pasta de papel
* pasta de té (“tea-cake”)
* pasta para untar (“spread”) (culinary)

##### Related terms

* pastar
* pasto
* pastor

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pasta
* inflection of pastar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pasta c
* pasta
    koka pastacook [boil, literally] pasta
* paste

#### Derived terms

* currypasta (“curry paste”)
* sockerpasta (“sugar paste”)

#### See also

* spaghetti
* makaroner
* ketchup
* köttfärssås
* nudel

### References

* pasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاسته (pasta, “pasta”), borrowed from Italian pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑs.tɑ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pasta (definite accusative pastayı, plural pastalar)
* (cooking) cake
    Doğum günü pastası çok güzeldi. ― The birthday cake was very nice.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
pasta
pastalar
definite accusative
pastayı
pastaları
dative
pastaya
pastalara
locative
pastada
pastalarda
ablative
pastadan
pastalardan
genitive
pastanın
pastaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
pastam
pastalarım
2nd singular
pastan
pastaların
3rd singular
pastası
pastaları
1st plural
pastamız
pastalarımız
2nd plural
pastanız
pastalarınız
3rd plural
pastaları
pastaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
pastamı
pastalarımı
2nd singular
pastanı
pastalarını
3rd singular
pastasını
pastalarını
1st plural
pastamızı
pastalarımızı
2nd plural
pastanızı
pastalarınızı
3rd plural
pastalarını
pastalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
pastama
pastalarıma
2nd singular
pastana
pastalarına
3rd singular
pastasına
pastalarına
1st plural
pastamıza
pastalarımıza
2nd plural
pastanıza
pastalarınıza
3rd plural
pastalarına
pastalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
pastamda
pastalarımda
2nd singular
pastanda
pastalarında
3rd singular
pastasında
pastalarında
1st plural
pastamızda
pastalarımızda
2nd plural
pastanızda
pastalarınızda
3rd plural
pastalarında
pastalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
pastamdan
pastalarımdan
2nd singular
pastandan
pastalarından
3rd singular
pastasından
pastalarından
1st plural
pastamızdan
pastalarımızdan
2nd plural
pastanızdan
pastalarınızdan
3rd plural
pastalarından
pastalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
pastamın
pastalarımın
2nd singular
pastanın
pastalarının
3rd singular
pastasının
pastalarının
1st plural
pastamızın
pastalarımızın
2nd plural
pastanızın
pastalarınızın
3rd plural
pastalarının
pastalarının :

#### See also

* kek

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پاسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 433

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English pasta, from Italian pasta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpasda/, [ˈpʰasta]

### Noun

pasta m (uncountable)
* pasta

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pasta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## West Frisian
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dutch pasta, from Italian pasta.

### Noun

pasta c (plural pasta's)
* pasta