How to say pasta in English

"pasta mainly refers to macaroni and noodles", thanks for providing! spaghetti means "thin spaghetti", and Latin is all about precision, so it's understandable that there are different words for different kinds of pasta.

Here is the translation from Kingsoft Word 2006+

pasta

[5pB:stE]

n.

Pasta product, pasta (including macaroni and noodles, etc.)

pasta

pas.ta

AHD:[p?s "t...]

AHD:[p? "t...]

D.J.[6p$8st*]

K.K.[6p$st*]

n. (noun)

Paste or dough made of wheat flour, eggs, and water, often formed into shapes and dried and watered. often formed into shapes and dried and used in a variety of recipes after being boiled.

Pasta product: a batter or dough made of wheat flour, eggs, and water, often formed into shapes and dried and used in a variety of recipes after being boiled

A prepared dish containing pasta as its main ingredient.

Spaghetti: a prepared dish with pasta products as its main ingredient

Italian

Italian

from Late Latin [paste, pastry cake] * see paste 1

from Late Latin [batter, pastry] * see paste1

pasta

/'pAstE; - 'pa:stE; 'pastE/

[U] dried paste made from flour, eggs and water and cut into various shapes, eg macaroni, spaghetti, ravioli Italian pasta (eg macaroni, spaghetti, square dumplings):

* [attrib 作定语] a pasta dish, eg lasagne A dish of pasta (eg lasagne). Cf see noodle.

spaghetti

[spE5^eti]

n.

Italian-style spaghetti

spaghetti

spa.ghet.ti

AHD:[sp...-g ?t"?]

D.J.[sp*6geti8]

K.K.[sp*6gWti]

n. (noun)

A pasta made into long solid strings and cooked by boiling.

Spaghetti.

Spaghetti: batter made into long, hard strings and cooked by boiling.

Electricity A slender tube of insulating material that covers bare wire.

Electricity Insulated casing: a hose made of insulating material that is wrapped around a bare wire.

Italian [pl. diminutive of] spago [cord]

Italian [] plural minor suffix of spago [cord]

spaghetti

/spE'geti; spE'geti/

[U] Italian pasta made in long thin rods, cooked in boiling water until soft and usu served with a sauce Spaghetti.