pasticcio

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pasticcio

  • /pa'stitt͡ʃo/

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vedi pasticciare

noun pasticci

  1. gastronomia dolce o salato, in genere cotto al forno, un dessert o una pietanza molto elaborati ma con armonia degli ingredienti, appunto in quantità e/o varietà elevate pasticcio di maccheroni
  2. figuratively lavoro fatto male

Similar: budino, intruglio, pâté, sformato, timballo, lavoro, confuso, malfatto, grana, pastrocchio, polpettone, ., confusione, disordine, garbuglio, ginepraio, groviglio, guazzabuglio, impiastro, intrico, labirinto, pateracchio, inghippo, casino, difficoltà, frode, guaio, imbroglio, inganno, impiccio · Opposite: capolavoro, opera d’arte, fortuna, benedizione

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In English

  • pie nonpastry dish resembling a pie
  • pi metal type that has been spilled
  • jam difficult situation
  • muddle a mixture; a confusion; a garble
  • hodgepodge collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble
  • pickle difficult situation
  • botch action or piece of work
  • scrape awkward set of circumstances

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@misc{pasticcio_2026,
  title = {pasticcio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/pasticcio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}