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pisello

/piˈzɛl.lo/noun · masculineB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 13,736

Meaning

pea

  • a small round green vegetable seed
  • the plant that produces peas

In a sentence

I piselli stanno bene con il riso.

Peas go well with rice.

Ti piacciono i piselli surgelati?

Do you like frozen peas?

Oggi non compro i piselli al mercato.

Today I'm not buying peas at the market.

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
pisellomasculine · singular
pisellimasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Usually used in the plural for food: i piselli.
  • Common in cooking and supermarket language.
  • Plural is piselli.
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