pasta.
dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
Meaning & usage
dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)
paste
Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.
folder (organizer)
folder (container of computer files)
briefcase (case used for carrying documents)
ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)
money
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese pasta, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Cognate with Galician pasta.
inflection of pastar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of pastar: second-person singular imperative
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