How to Say ‘A delicious carbonara’ in Italian
Una carbonara buonissima
OO-nah kar-boh-NAH-rah bwoh-NEES-see-mah
[OO-nah kar-boh-NAH-rah bwoh-NEES-see-mah]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding -issimo / -issima to a describing word turns it up to "really, extremely". Same with bellissima "really beautiful".
Phrase Breakdown
Una carbonara
OO-nah kar-boh-NAH-rah
a carbonara
The article 'una' goes with the feminine noun. Stress NA: car-bo-NA-ra.
Vorrei una carbonara.
I'd like a carbonara.
Words in this phrase
Una
[OO-nah]
a
Feminine singular indefinite article before a feminine noun.
Ho lavorato in una piccola azienda.
I worked in a small company.
carbonara
[kar-boh-NAH-rah]
carbonara
Roman pasta sauce of egg, guanciale, pecorino and pepper.
La carbonara è un piatto romano.
Carbonara is a Roman dish.
buonissima
[bwoh-NEES-see-mah]
really delicious
Superlative of buona (feminine): very good, delicious.
Questa pizza è buonissima.
This pizza is really delicious.
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