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Italian Food Words for Restaurants: How to Order Like a Local

1. Which of these is the Italian word for ‘starters’?

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Antipasta

Antipasti

Antipatico

Aunt Susan

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2. You’ve just opened the menu on the primi page, and you see lots of words you don’t recognise! What are they likely to be?

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Types of sparkling Italian wine

Different ways to cook meat

Different types of pasta

A list of desserts

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3. Tourists often pronounce tagliatelle wrong. Which of these is closest to the native Italian pronunciation:

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Put a lot of emphasis on the G: TAG-LEE-AH-TEH-LEH

Pronounce the G a little like a Y: TA-YAH-TEH-LEH

Pronounce the T a little like a D: TAG-LEE-AH-DEH-LEH

Shorten the last part: TAG-LEE-AH-TEH

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4. What’s the difference between primi and secondi?

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Primi are usually carbohydrate-based, secondi are usually protein-based.

Primi are usually starters and secondi are usually the main dishes.

Primi is the first helping of your main dish. Secondi is another helping of the same dish.

Primi are hot and secondi are cold.

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5. You don’t know anything about wine, but you want to look fancy, so you decide to ask the waiter for advice. What could you ask?

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Quale vino bevi?

Quale vino consiglia?

Lei ha bevuto tutto il vino?

Per me, il vino.

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