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"Pasta" is a form of "pasta", a noun which is often translated as "pasta". "Queso" is a noun which is often translated as "cheese". Learn more about the difference between "queso" and "pasta" below.
el queso(
keh
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soh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (culinary)
2. (colloquial) (anatomy)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. foot
¡Quítate los quesos del sofá! Esta no es tu casa.Get your feet off the sofa! This isn't your house.
la pasta(
pahs
-
tah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (noodles)
a. pasta
Dejé de comer pasta y pan porque quiero adelgazar.I stopped eating pasta and bread because I want to lose weight.
a. pastry
Me tienes que explicar cómo haces la pasta de las medialunas.You have to explain to me how you make the croissant pastry.
a. pastry
¿Qué pastas tienen? - Tenemos croissants y brioches.What pastries do you have? - We have croissants and brioches.
a. cookie (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Por la tarde merendamos té y pastas.In the afternoon, we drank tea and ate cookies.
b. biscuit (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Hizo café y nos sacó unas pastas.She made coffee, and took out some biscuits for us to eat.
5. (pureé)
a. paste (of tomato or anchovies)
Unta la pasta de ajo en las galletas, verás qué rica.Spread the garlic paste on the crackers. It tastes delicious.
a. paste
Tienes que mezclar el yeso y la arena con agua hasta obtener una pasta.You have to mix the plaster and the sand with water until they form a paste.
a. boards (of a book)
Es un libro que tiene la pasta de cuero rojo.It's a book with red leather boards.
a. paste (for glasses and combs)
Me gustan más las gafas con montura de pasta que las metálicas.I prefer glasses with a frame made of paste to metallic ones.
10. (colloquial) (money) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. cash (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Me robaron el móvil y la pasta.They stole my cellphone and my cash.
b. fortune (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Ese reloj debe haberte costado una pasta.You must have paid a fortune for that watch.
c. dough (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Para vivir así hace falta tener mucha pasta.To live like that you need a lot of dough.
d. dosh (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Si tuviera más pasta, me compraría un coche nuevo.If I had more dosh, I'd buy a new car.
11. (colloquial) (drug) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. freebase
El traficante que está en el callejón vende pasta.That dealer in the alley is selling freebase.
