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Italian word
ravioli
square stuffed pasta parcels (plural)
Looks like
ravioli
English uses 'ravioli' as both singular and plural
⚠️ The trap
In English, people say 'a ravioli' or 'some raviolis' — both are wrong in Italian. The singular is 'un raviolo', the plural 'ravioli'. This pattern recurs with most Italian pasta names: gnocco/gnocchi, rigatono/rigatoni, etc.
To say "English uses 'ravioli' as both singular and plural" in Italian:
raviolo (singular) / ravioli (plural)
"ravioli" in English means:
square stuffed pasta parcels (plural)
Example
"Un raviolo era finito sul pavimento."
"One raviolo had fallen on the floor."
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