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pasta.

dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpas.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpaʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpaʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)

    feminine
  2. paste

    feminine
    Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.
  3. folder (organizer)

    feminine
  4. folder (container of computer files)

    feminine
  5. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)

    feminine
  6. ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)

    feminine
  7. money

    Portugal · feminine · slang · uncountable
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.

verb/ˈpas.tɐ/Brazil/ˈpaʃ.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈpaʃ.tɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of pastar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of pastar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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