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pasta

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pasta
feminine noun
1paste (masa); pulp (de papel)
  • pasta dentífrica o de dientes -> toothpaste
  • pasta de hojaldre -> puff pastry
  • pasta quebrada -> shortcrust pastry
2pasta (espaguetis, macarrones)
  • pastas alimenticias -> pasta
3shortcake (pastelito)biscuit o (British)cookie (United States)
4dough (informal) (dinero) (peninsular Spanish)
  • costar/ganar una pasta gansa -> to cost/earn a packet o fortune
  • aflojar o soltar la pasta -> to cough up the money
5(encuadernación)
  • de pasta dura/blanda -> hardback/paperback
6(informal)
  • ser de buena pasta -> to be good-natured

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pasta [pahs’-tah]
noun
1Paste, any viscous or tenacious mixture. (f)
2Paste, flour and water boiled; the mass from which vermicelli and other things are made for soup. (f)
3Pie-crust. (f)
4Bullion, mass of gold or silver for coining. (f)
5In book-binding, pasteboard covered with leather burnished or mottled; roan leather (libros). (f)
6Pulp from which paper or cardboard is made. (f)
7 (f)
verb
8EMPASTE.
9Pasta or buena pasta, excessive meekness or mildness.
10Dough; pastry (para pastel); pastries (pasteles), cakes; noodles (fideos), spaghetti. (Culinary)
11Dough (dinero), money.
  • Pasta de carne -> meat paste
  • Pasta gansa -> big money

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pasta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (masa) paste
pasta de celulosa wood pulp
pasta de coca cocaine paste
pasta de dientes toothpaste
pasta de madera wood pulp
pasta dentífrica toothpaste
pasta de papel paper pulp
2 [de pan] dough; (en repostería) pastry; (pastelillo) biscuit; cookie; (EEUU)
pasta quebrada shortcrust pastry
pastas de té biscuits; cookies; (EEUU)
3 (macarrones, fideos) pasta
pasta al huevo egg pasta
pasta de sopa pasta for soup
4 (para untar) paste
pasta de anchoas anchovy paste
pasta de carne meat paste
5 (familiar) (dinero) money; cash; dough; (familiar)
¡suelta la pasta! hand over the dough!; (familiar) me ha costado una pasta gansa it cost me an arm and a leg; (familiar)
6 (Tipografía) boards; (p)
media pasta half-binding; libro en pasta hardback
pasta española marbled leather binding
7 (talante)
tiene pasta de futbolista he has the makings of a footballer; ser de buena pasta to be a good sort

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