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pasghetti

/pəˈskɛti/

pasghetti noun: spaghetti.

Noun

pasghetti (countable and uncountable, plural pasghettis)

  1. (childish, nonstandard) Spaghetti.
    • "I love pasghetti!" Terry and Nobody sat by the large kitchen window [...]1984, Romeo Muller, Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody, Troll Communications Llc, page 14
    • 'Will you make pasghetti?' / 'Yes, I will.'1988, Meanjin, volume 47, The University of Melbourne, page 332

Examples of pasghetti in a sentence

  • "You know pasghetti's my favorite." Sara flashed Nick a smile as she leaned toward the pumpkin, the felt pen held tightly in her hand.1993, Moyra Tarling, Just a Memory Away, Harlequin Books, page 76:
  • When I finished she took her thumb out of her mouth and informed me that her name was Claudia and she liked 'pasghetti'.2002, Vida Adamoli, La bella vita, Summersdale, page 31:
  • "Pasghetti for supper is good news," said Frankie, holding out his plate.2006, Katherine Scraper, Vicki Scraper, Show Me: Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension Across the Curriculum, Good Year Books, page...
  • While I was waiting for my hooman to cook pasghettis, I had a snack on some of the crunchy pasta sticks.2019, @MaxTheMoluccan, Twitter:

Forms of pasghetti

pluralpasghettis
alternative formpusghetti
alternative formpisketti
alternative formpsketti
alternative formp'sketti
alternative forms'ghetti
alternative formsketti

Origin of pasghetti

A childish pronunciation of spaghetti, with metathesis to avoid the consonant cluster /sp/.

Questions about pasghetti

What does pasghetti mean?
Pasghetti means spaghetti.
How do you use pasghetti in a sentence?
"You know pasghetti's my favorite." Sara flashed Nick a smile as she leaned toward the pumpkin, the felt pen held tightly in her hand.
What part of speech is pasghetti?
Pasghetti is a noun.
How do you pronounce pasghetti?
Pasghetti is pronounced /pəˈskɛti/.
What is the plural of pasghetti?
The plural of pasghetti is pasghettis.

Words near pasghetti in the dictionary

  1. paseos
  2. pases
  3. paseíllo
  4. paseíllos
  5. PASG
  6. pasghetti
  7. pasghettis
  8. PASGs
  9. PASGT
  10. PASGTs
  11. pasguard

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