What does pizza in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word pizza in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pizza in Italian.

The word pizza in Italian means pizza, bore, annoyance, film can, film canister, marinara, pan pizza, pizza by the slice, takeaway pizza, pizza to go, Neapolitan pizza, crazy pizza, you're a real bore!, you're boring!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pizza

pizza

sostantivo femminile (pizza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La pizza è forse il piatto italiano più conosciuto al mondo.
Pizza is probably the most well-known Italian dish in the entire world.

bore, annoyance

sostantivo femminile (figurato, informale (cosa noiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quel concerto è stato veramente una pizza.
That concert was a real bore.

film can, film canister

sostantivo femminile (informale (scatola contenente la pellicola)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'operatore mi ha detto che non può iniziare la proiezione perché non gli sono arrivate le pizze del film.
The operator told me that he can't start the projector because the film canisters haven't arrived.

marinara

sostantivo femminile (tipo di pizza) (pizza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mia sorella è allergica ai latticini e prende sempre la marinara.

pan pizza

sostantivo maschile (tipo di pane simile alla pizza)

pizza by the slice

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mangiammo una pizza al taglio per cena.
We ate some pizza by the slice for dinner.

takeaway pizza, pizza to go

sostantivo femminile (pizza che si porta via)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Neapolitan pizza

crazy pizza

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

you're a real bore!, you're boring!

(midly offensive)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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