I would like to order a takeaway pizza.
a-SPOR-to — three syllables, stress on second.
When you want to take the pizza home or to eat elsewhere rather than dining in.
'Da asporto' means 'for takeaway'. 'Per asporto' is also used. In Italian, the concept is 'taking away food from the shop' — the food is prepared the same way as for sit-down customers.
La pizza da asporto è pronta in quanto?
How long is the takeaway pizza ready in?
Ask the wait time for a specific takeaway order
La posso prenotare per le otto?
Can I pre-order it for eight o'clock?
Pre-order for a specific collection time — essential on busy evenings
Consegnate a domicilio?
Do you deliver to the door?
'A domicilio' = home delivery — ask if the pizzeria has its own delivery service
Takeaway pizza ('pizza da asporto') is extremely popular in Italy on Friday and Saturday evenings. The pizza is placed in a cardboard box ('scatola') — the global pizza box format was standardised in America in the 1960s but the concept of boxed takeaway pizza was already common in Naples.