Meaning
mortadella
- A large Italian cold cut made of finely ground heat-cured pork
In a sentence
Vorrei due etti di mortadella, per favore.
I would like two hundred grams of mortadella, please.
A pranzo ho mangiato un panino con la mortadella.
For lunch I ate a mortadella sandwich.
Non compriamo la mortadella se non è fresca.
We don't buy mortadella unless it's fresh.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mortadella | feminine · singular |
| mortadelle | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Often ordered by weight (etti) at the deli counter.
- A famous specialty traditionally associated with Bologna.