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cappelletti

cappelletti

1 9.2
Small pieces of pasta filled with meat or cheese and folded like little hats
  • noun
  • /ˌkæpəˈlɛti/
translation icon : cappelletti
  • See Cappelletti and Testa, Il trattenimento di virtuosi, 104-5.
  • make cappelletti

Examples

  • - Like Cappelletti, the football player?

    Fame (1980)

  • Bill ordered pizza made with warm duck, and she had cappelletti with fresh tomato and basil.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • For dinner, I made cappelletti filled with ricotta cheese and spinach.

  • She served a delicious soup with cappelletti that had a savory meat filling.

  • At the restaurant, the special was cappelletti in a creamy sauce topped with herbs.

Synonyms

ravioli
vscappelletti
33 2.7

Small pasta pockets filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables and served with a sauce

is folded into a small hat shape rather than a simple sealed pocket
tortellini
vscappelletti
4 4.1

Small ring-shaped pasta filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables

is folded into a small hat shape rather than a ring

Surface Forms

cappelletti singular
cappelletti plural

Etymology

The word cappelletti comes from the Italian word cappello meaning 'hat' and the small ending -etti meaning 'little'. So cappelletti are 'little hats', small pieces of filled pasta folded to look like tiny hats, like the English word 'cap'.