スパゲティ

also: スパゲッティ · スパゲティー · スパゲッティー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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spaghetti

Standard loanword for the Italian pasta. Used in everyday contexts.

from Italian

彼かれはスパゲッティを茹ゆでるのが上手じょうずだ。

He is good at boiling spaghetti.

〈物もの〉を茹ゆでるto boil spaghetti
鍋なべでスパゲッティを8分ふん茹ゆでた。
I boiled the spaghetti in a pot for 8 minutes.
〈物もの〉にソースをかけるto pour sauce over spaghetti
茹ゆでたスパゲッティにトマトソースをかけた。
I poured tomato sauce over the boiled spaghetti.

パスタN5
パスタ is the broad category term for all Italian pasta shapes, while スパゲッティ names specifically the long, thin strand type.
スパ
スパ is a casual clipped form used in everyday speech, while スパゲティ is the full, more formal word for spaghetti.

マカロニ
マカロニ is short and tubular, whereas スパゲッティ is long and thin, so learners should not treat them as interchangeable pasta words.

皿さらN4
plate; dish; platter; disc · serving; helping; course · kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

Borrowed from Italian 'spaghetti'.