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Definition 2024

al_dente

al dente

English

Adjective

al dente ‎(comparative more al dente, superlative most al dente)

(of pasta) firm to the bite (used of pasta which is cooked just right)

Translations

firm

Chinese:

Cantonese: 彈牙, 弹牙 ‎(daan⁶ ngaa⁴)

Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 禁得起咀嚼的 ‎(jīn de qǐ jǔjué de), 煮得不太軟的, 煮得不太软的 ‎(zhǔ de bù tài ruǎn de)
Finnish: al dente, kovankypsä
Galician: al dente (gl)

German: bissfest (de)
Japanese: アルデンテ ‎(arudente)
Russian: аль дэ́нтэ (ru) ‎(alʹ dɛ́ntɛ)
Swedish: al dente (sv)