noun
short pasta; short pasta cuts
Refers to pasta shapes like penne, fusilli, farfalle, etc., as opposed to long pasta (ロングパスタ). Common in cooking contexts.
今日の夕食はショートパスタを使ったサラダにしよう。
Let's make a salad with short pasta for dinner tonight.
このレシピにはショートパスタが合います。
Short pasta goes well with this recipe.
Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
Loanword from English 'short pasta'.