Meanings
spaghetti western1
nounspaghetti western (plural spaghetti westerns)
plural spaghetti westerns · alternative spaghetti Western · alternative Spaghetti Western
- broadcastingA motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
“A Fistful of Dollars” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” are famous spaghetti westerns.
1 more example
Over the years Django Kill has gained a reputation as the most violent Spaghetti Western and, though the film has tempered with age, it's still one of the oddest genre contributions.
2010, Howard Hughes, Spaghetti Westerns, Oldcastle Books, →ISBNSynonyms: Italo-western, spaghetti
Spaghetti Western2
nounSpaghetti Western (plural Spaghetti Westerns)
plural Spaghetti Westerns
- Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.
spaghetti Western3
nounspaghetti Western (plural spaghetti Westerns)
plural spaghetti Westerns
- Alternative letter-case form of spaghetti western.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy.
Similar
Italo-westernspaghetti
Origin
From spaghetti + western, pasta being a famously Italian product.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فِلْم سْبَاغِيتِي, غَرْبِيّ سْبَاغِيتِي
- فِلْم سْبَاغِيتِي (film sbāḡītī)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- غَرْبِيّ سْبَاغِيتِي (ḡarbiyy sbāḡītī)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- سْبَاغِيتِي وَسْتَرْن (sbāḡītī wastarn)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Basque spaghetti western
- spaghetti westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Bulgarian спаге́ти-уе́стърн
- спаге́ти-уе́стърн (spagéti-uéstărn)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Chinese Mandarin 意大利式西部片
- 意大利式西部片 (yìdàlìshì xībùpiàn)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Danish spaghettiwestern
- spaghettiwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Dutch spaghettiwestern
- spaghettiwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Esperanto itala vakera filmo
- itala vakera filmomotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Estonian spagetivestern
- spagetivesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Finnish italowestern, spagettiwestern
- italowesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- spagettiwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
French western spaghetti
- western spaghettimotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
German Italowestern, Spaghettiwestern
- Italowesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- Spaghettiwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Hebrew מַעֲרָבוֹן סְפָּגֶטִי
- מַעֲרָבוֹן סְפָּגֶטִי (ma'arávon spagéti)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Hungarian spagettiwestern, makaróniwestern
- spagettiwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- makaróniwesternmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Icelandic spagettívestri
- spagettívestrimotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Indonesian Koboi Italia
- Koboi Italiamotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Italian spaghetti western, western all'italiana
- spaghetti westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- western all'italianamotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Japanese マカロニ・ウェスタン
- マカロニ・ウェスタン (makaroni wesutan)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Korean 스파게티 웨스턴, 이탤리언 웨스턴
- 스파게티 웨스턴 (seupageti weseuteon)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- 이탤리언 웨스턴 (itaellieon weseuteon)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Norwegian spaghetti-western
- spaghetti-westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Persian وسترن اسپاگتی
- وسترن اسپاگتی (vestern espâgeti)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Polish spaghetti western
- spaghetti westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Portuguese spaghetti western, faroeste espaguete
- spaghetti westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- faroeste espaguetemotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
- faroeste macarrônicomotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Russian спаге́тти-ве́стерн
- спаге́тти-ве́стерн (spagétti-véstern)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Spanish spaghetti western
- spaghetti westernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Swedish spaghettivästern
- spaghettivästernmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Ukrainian спаге́ті-ве́стерн
- спаге́ті-ве́стерн (spahéti-véstern)motion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
Vietnamese phim Cao bồi Ý
- phim Cao bồi Ýmotion picture set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company
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APA
spaghetti western. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20western
MLA
“spaghetti western.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaghetti%20western. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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