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Dove sono i surgelati?

Where are the frozen foods?

Pronunciation

DO-ve SO-no i sur-je-LA-ti

When to use it

Asking for the frozen food section in a supermarket.

What it means

The surgelati (frozen food) section of Italian supermarkets is well-stocked, including frozen fish (pesce surgelato), frozen vegetables (verdure surgelate), ready meals (piatti pronti surgelati), ice cream (gelato confezionato), and pizza surgelata. Iglo and Findus are leading Italian frozen food brands.

Variations

Dov'è il gelato confezionato?

Where is the packaged ice cream?

Asking for the ice cream section within frozen foods

Ha la pizza surgelata?

Do you have frozen pizza?

Frozen pizza is a staple of Italian supermarkets

Il pesce surgelato dov'è?

Where is the frozen fish?

Frozen fish — practical alternative to fresh

Mini Dialogue

— Dove sono i surgelati? — Corridoio cinque, tutta la parete destra. — E il gelato? — Fondo del corridoio — abbiamo anche i Magnum e i Cornetto.

— Where are the frozen foods? — Aisle five, the entire right wall. — And the ice cream? — End of the aisle — we also have Magnums and Cornetto.

Cultural Note

Cornetto is Algida's (Unilever) iconic Italian ice cream bar — a wafer cone with chocolate-lined interior and a solid chocolate tip at the bottom. It has been sold in Italy since 1959 and is inseparably linked to summer and Italian beach culture. The Cornetto jingle is one of the most recognised advertising tunes in Italian history.