Meaning
minestrone, vegetable soup
- a thick vegetable soup, often with pasta or rice
- a chaotic mix, hodgepodge, or jumble
In a sentence
Stasera mangio un piatto di minestrone caldo.
Tonight I am eating a bowl of hot minestrone.
Questo articolo è un minestrone di idee confuse.
This article is a hotchpotch of confused ideas.
Vuoi un po' di minestrone per cena?
Do you want some vegetable soup for dinner?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| minestrone | masculine · singular |
| minestroni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Although it ends in -one, it is usually used as a standard noun rather than an augmentative.
- Figuratively used for any confusing or disordered mixture of ideas or things.