Etymology

pasta e fagioli

Today it means: An Italian soup made with pasta and cannellini beans. Full definition →

Italian pasta e fagioli
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  1. Italian · borrowed frompasta e fagioli
  2. English todaypasta e fagioli

Borrowed from Italian pasta e fagioli (literally “pasta and beans”). Doublet of pasta fazool, a borrowing from Neapolitan.

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