pasta
Portuguese, noun/ˈpas.tɐ/
pasta is spelled P-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pastar.
What does pasta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
- 2
femininepaste
Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.
- 3
femininefolder (organizer)
- 4
femininefolder (container of computer files)
- 5
femininebriefcase (case used for carrying documents)
- 6
feminineministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)
- 7
Portugalfeminineslangmoney
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pasta
- pastas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pasta?
- Brazil /ˈpas.tɐ/
- /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpaʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pasta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasta in Portuguese?
pasta appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).