Bolognese pasta sauce
- noun
- /ˌboʊləˈneɪz ˈpɑːstə sɔːs/
:
salsa boloñesa
- The restaurant's Bolognese pasta sauce is slow-cooked with ground beef and fresh tomatoes for a rich flavor.
Examples
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The restaurant's Bolognese pasta sauce is slow-cooked for hours for a richer flavor.
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I prefer spaghetti with Bolognese pasta sauce over other pasta dishes.
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He made a delicious lasagna using his grandmother's secret Bolognese pasta sauce recipe.
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I love Bolognese pasta sauce on my spaghetti.
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Have you tried Bolognese pasta sauce with mushrooms?
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I prefer spaghetti with Bolognese pasta sauce because it has the perfect balance of meat and vegetables.
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He made a delicious lasagna using his grandmother's secret Bolognese pasta sauce recipe, which includes both mushrooms and ham.
Synonyms
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A sauce made from cooked tomatoes and herbs for pasta and other dishes
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A sauce usually made from tomatoes and herbs to serve with pasta
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A meat and tomato sauce served with pasta, often with wide noodles
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A food put on pasta to add flavor, often made from tomatoes, cream or oil
A thick Italian meat sauce slow-cooked and served with pasta or polenta
A rich, filling pasta sauce made with a lot of meat, tomatoes and herbs
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Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'Bolognese' names a meat-and-tomato ragù, combined with 'pasta' and 'sauce' makes clear it is a meat-and-tomato sauce served with pasta. This modifier+noun+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Bolognese pasta sauce comes from the Italian city of Bologna. One popular story says cooks there slow-cooked a meat and tomato pasta sauce, so Bolognese came to mean 'from Bologna' and the name now means a rich meat-and-tomato sauce used with pasta.