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scolare

to drain

verb skoh-LAH-reh Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Origin: From Italian s- (away) + colare (to flow), from Latin colare (to filter)

Also means

to strain

Usage Note

Scolare is used both in the kitchen (to drain pasta or vegetables: scola la pasta) and in a broader sense of liquid flowing away. The reflexive scolarsi informally means to drink something straight down: si è scolato tutta la bottiglia (he downed the whole bottle). The related noun is scolapiatti (dish rack).

Examples

"Scola la pasta quando è al dente."

Natural Translation

Drain the pasta when it is al dente.

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