Italy is a beautiful country that delights not only with its wonderful and atmospheric towns, but also with delicious dishes. Who doesn’t like pizza, spaghetti or lasagna? Italian cuisine is one of the most popular in the world, but not everyone knows how to pronounce the names of individual dishes.
What are traditional Italian dishes? Italian cuisine is loved all over the world
Italian dishes include mainly rice and noodles, i.e. spaghetti, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli and the popular risotto. Italian dishes are based on olive oil, mascarpone, tomato passata and frutti di mare, i.e. seafood.
Italian cuisine (illustrative photo) pixabay/m_krohn
Italian cuisine is so popular that in almost every corner of the world we can order tiramisu, panna cotta, granita or cannoli, i.e. tubes with cream straight from Sicily. However, if someone has no contact with Italian, they may have problems pronouncing the names of individual dishes.
How do you pronounce the word gnocchi? How to pronounce Italian food names? Check it out and you won’t make a linguistic blunder
The language belongs to the Romance language family and comes from Latin. And although it is not difficult to learn, mastering the basics of pronunciation may be difficult for Poles. If we don’t want to embarrass ourselves in an Italian restaurant, it’s better to learn the rules of pronunciation of the country’s flagship dishes.
- Tagliatelle ai funghi, i.e. pasta with mushrooms, pronounced “taliatele ai fungi“.
- Brushcetta – a bread served with olive oil, garlic and herbs. We pronounce this name “brusketta“.
- Prosciutto – the name of raw ham is pronounced “please“.
- Carpaccio is slices of raw meat with spices. We pronounce the name of this appetizer “Karpaczio“.
- Spaghetti alla bolognese should be pronounced “spaghetti alla bolognaise“.
- Penne is pronounced simply “Penne“We’d better not say ‘pene’ because in Italian it means male penis.
- We pronounce Italian gnocchi dumplings “niokki“
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Source: Gazeta
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