"Una pasta bianca"

Translation: A white pasta

[Jay5246]

How does "a white pasta" make sense?

[C00L10]

I've learned la pasta as pasta noodles and una pasta as pastry/paste.

[NarrelleWe]

Thanks for that information cool 10.

[LlamaNation01]

White pasta is only accepted since we haven't yet been exposed to its meaning of paste: it is meant to be white paste

[Andrew48]

It doesn't accept white pasta for me....

[AvaDarkbella]

It is my understanding that "white pasta" basically means "plane pasta" like, as opposed to whole wheat/whole grain pasta which can be a big thing for health conscious ppl in the states, idk about the rest of the world.

[Maria788601]

i think that was pasta in bianco

[awebb253]

Wait, pasta also means paste?!

[Muttley_]

Yes! Not to be confused with una pista bianca ;-)

[Germanlehrerlsu]

Yes, it can as in "almond paste" (pasta di mandorle) or 'anchovy paste' (pasta di acciughe).

[Eim477180]

Why are there so many deleted comments? Things heating up in the pasta fandom

[luna892935]

I saw a little bit confusion....let's make order! Pasta is pasta: spaghetti or other kind of pasta. Le paste are named pastry sometimes.....(more correct named pasticcini)......Una pasta also can mean a paste: for example the toothpaste... or similar. I hope could be more clear

[boswell54]

They werent kidding when they said everything is pasta in italy

[Halina210806]

100% agree with you

[janeann]

I thought pasta could mean pastry.

[johnclover]

In this context it would probably mean pastry, yeah. Usually when you ask for "one" ("una") pasta you're referring to the pastry. While "la pasta" refers to a pasta dish.

[luna892935]

Pasta also can mean a paste like a toothpaste

[pawelsierszen]

"A white pasta"? Isn't pasta uncountable, how can you have "one pasta"?

[Muttley_]

"Pasta" as a dish of "pasta" is uncountable, but if you consider the single "pasta" in "pasta", then "pasta" is countable. Easy, right ? ;-)
Besides, "pasta" means also "pastry".

[Porretta_Amore]

I'm thinking that if you were ordering in a restaurant maybe you would order 1 white pasta, meaning a pasta with white sauce, does that make sense?

[Muttley_]

pasta in bianco is, by definition, pasta without sauce. Only salt and butter are allowed. And parmesan cheese. But no sauce :-)

[gmcolletti]

Burro, no. Olio, sì. :)

[beckyPresc]

What's going on? Paste? What???

[Erated8]

I Think There's Something Very Wrong If Your Pasta Is White.

[O1IEtoe5]

very poor way to introduce the word paste

[anKVQ]

But in the food unit they said this means plain pasta. It literally means white pasta but plane pasta should be accepted

[f.formica]

No, it's not the same:

• Pasta in bianco: pasta with no condiments = plain pasta
• Pasta bianca: white pasta (that would be a weird statement), paste, pastry or dough

Pasta in bianco can actually be served with oil or butter and parmigiano, it's a common meal for people with an upset stomach.

[TobyVoss]

The slow audio sounds like "tasca" to me :-(

[Theo639847]

Sounds like Tasca, even in slow.

[Gaby705836]

Pasta bianca is equivalent to plain pasta. But it is translated literally wich it doesn't make any sense.

[f.formica]

That's a name used in English for what we Italians call "pasta in bianco": in Italian it would only refer to the colour of the pasta itself, e.g. https://loriginepasta.com/it/le-paste-biologiche-biodinamiche/la-pasta-bianca-biologica

Or, you know, paste as in the exercise, more likely given how pasta is white by default.

[chcurtis2]

The only way "white paste" makes sense in English is if you are talking about something like toothpaste.

[ZeroRagazzo17]

So how can I distinguish these meaning of the Italian word "pasta": pasta, paste and pastry ?

[SayMyName644231]

What? Pasta also means paste? What paste??