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pentola

pot

noun PEN-toh-lah Rare

Also means

saucepan

Usage Note

Pentola refers specifically to a deep cooking pot used for boiling; a shallower pan is padella. The Italian equivalent of 'the pot calling the kettle black' is il bue che dice cornuto all'asino (the ox calling the donkey horned). Regular plural le pentole.

Examples

"L'acqua nella pentola bolle già."

Natural Translation

The water in the pot is already boiling.

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