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A2nounfemminile

lamortadella

mortadella

Plural

mortadelle

Pronunciation

mor-tah-DEL-lah

About this word

Mortadella di Bologna (IGP) is the original 'bologna sausage'. It is a large cooked pork sausage with cubes of fat and pistachios. The American 'baloney' is a distant, simplified cousin.

Examples

La mortadella di Bologna ha il marchio IGP.

Bologna mortadella has the IGP mark.

Metto la mortadella nel panino con la ricotta.

I put the mortadella in the sandwich with ricotta.

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