I am learning Italian, on Duolingo, ready for a holiday next year. Therefore every Italian restaurant menu is a welcome challenge. So are all the multi-language lists of ingredients on chocolate bars, cakes, tins of olives and sardines, and packging from supermarkets.
Here's my most recent look at an Italian restaurant menu.
Antipasto - Starter
Primo - first course
affumicato - smoked (like our English word fumes)
aglio - garlic
di - of
e - and
fiori - flowers
gamberi - prawns
Insalata - salad
insalata verde - green salad
forno - (in the) oven / baked
fritti - fried
melone - melon
prosciutto - Parma ham (ham from Parma)
salmone - salmon
spinaci - spinach
trota - trout
zucca - zuccini
Pasta
Spaghetti - notice ending in the letter i for plurals
Fettuccine - flat noodles
funghi - mushroooms (like the English word fungus)
porcini - wild mushrooms
vegetariana - vegetarian
Main Courses \
con - with
di - of
fegato - calves' liver
filetto - filet
fritti fried (like our word fritters)
grilia - from the grill/in the grill - grilled
manzo - beef (think of meat
mare - sea
pepe - pepper (like texting, shorten the English word to get the Italian)
pesce - fish
risotto - rice dish
Wine
rosso - red
vino - wine
vino bianco - white wine
vino rosso - red wine
Payment
carta di credito - credit card
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