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pasta

Spanish, noun

pasta is spelled P-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,231st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pasta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pastar. With an accent, pastá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pastar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Material sólido, blando y maleable, elaborado a partir de ingredientes pulverulentos y líquidos”.

What does pasta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepasta

  2. 2

    femininepaste, dough

  3. 3

    femininebiscuit

  4. 4

    Spainfeminineslangmoney, dough

  5. 5

    feminineslangellipsis of pasta de cocaína (“cocaine paste”)

  6. 6

    feminineellipsis of pasta de dientes (“toothpaste”)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as pastá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of pastar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Material sólido, blando y maleable, elaborado a partir de ingredientes pulverulentos y líquidos. 2. En particular, el que se hace de harina de cereal para elaborar alimentos. 3. Manjar hecho de este material, relleno o cubierto de dulce. 4. Alimento elaborado a base de trigo candeal (Triticum durum), originario de Italia, el cual generalmente se cuece en agua salada hirviendo y se sirve con algún tipo de salsa. En algunos casos se puede preparar al horno (gratinado).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of pasta

  • pastas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to pasta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pasta in Spanish?

pasta appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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