Meaning
salad
- a cold dish of raw vegetables
- lettuce or mixed leaves served as food
In a sentence
Per pranzo mangio un'insalata.
For lunch I'm eating a salad.
Vuoi anche l'insalata?
Do you want salad too?
Stasera non preparo l'insalata.
I'm not making salad tonight.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| insalata | feminine · singular |
| insalate | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Can mean both the dish and salad leaves.
- Often used without article in menus: insalata mista.
- Not the same as lattuga, which is specifically lettuce.