What does insalata in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word insalata in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use insalata in Italian.

The word insalata in Italian means salad, salad, hodge-podge, pastiche, endive, capricciosa salad, seafood salad, octopus salad, mixed salad, Russian salad, Olivier salad, tomatoes used for salads, tomato used for salad. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word insalata

salad

sostantivo femminile (tipo di verdura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quel fruttivendolo vende sempre la stessa insalata amara.
That grocer always sells the same bitter salad.

salad

sostantivo femminile (pietanza di cibi misti)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non c'è niente di meglio di un bel pranzo a base di insalata quando fa caldo.
There's nothing better than a nice salad for lunch when it's hot out.

hodge-podge, pastiche

sostantivo femminile (figurato (guazzabuglio, confusione, accozzaglia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quella casa è ormai un'insalata di stili architettonici.
That house has become a hodge-podge of architectural styles.

endive

sostantivo femminile (tipo di verdura) (vegetable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Voglio un cespo di belga.
I want a bunch of endive.

capricciosa salad

(salad with many ingredients)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

seafood salad

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Scelsi di ordinare un'insalata di mare per restare leggero.
I ordered a seafood salad to stay on the light side.

octopus salad

sostantivo femminile (tipo di pietanza)

mixed salad

Russian salad, Olivier salad

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non mi piace l'insalata russa, anche se mia madre me la fa spesso.
I don't like Russian salad, even though my mom makes it often.

tomatoes used for salads

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

tomato used for salad

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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