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Italian: aumentano di 3 volte il peso iniziale

English translation: increases its original weight threefold



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Italian term or phrase:aumentano di 3 volte il peso iniziale
English translation:increases its original weight threefold
Entered by:Michele Fauble
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Cooking / Culinary
Italian term or phrase: aumentano di 3 volte il peso iniziale
si tratta di consigli generali per pesare le pietanze
la frase completa dice:
dopo la cottura in acqua,...... mentre la pasta aumenta di 2 o 3 volte a seconda del formato
linda p
Italy
increases its original weight threefold
Explanation:
'increases its original weight threefold'

'...while pasta increases its weight two to three times depending on its shape'

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Note added at 9 hrs 30 mins (2005-03-10 06:18:37 GMT)
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also
\'increases to three times its original weight\'
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Michele Fauble
United States
Note from asker to answerer
grazie
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1increases its original weight threefoldMichele Fauble
3increase its volume threefoldeileengreen
4 -1grow three times as heavy as beforemammetta49
3gains 2 to 3 times its initial volume
SwissTell
3gain three times their initial weight
Lietta Warren-Granato


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gains 2 to 3 times its initial volume

Explanation:
I do not believe this to be peso/weight so much as rather volume

SwissTell
United States
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gain three times their initial weight

Explanation:
(si parlava di peso, no?!)

Lietta Warren-Granato
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
increases its original weight threefold

Explanation:
'increases its original weight threefold'

'...while pasta increases its weight two to three times depending on its shape'

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Note added at 9 hrs 30 mins (2005-03-10 06:18:37 GMT)
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also
\'increases to three times its original weight\'

Michele Fauble
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Note from asker to answerer
grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree esoft
9 hrs
  -> thanks
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
grow three times as heavy as before

Explanation:
forse...

ciao

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Note added at 2005-03-12 07:48:35 (GMT)
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Lemma to grow
Traduzione pass. grew, p.p. grown v.intr.

1 crescere, svilupparsi: rice grows well in Lombardy, il riso cresce bene in Lombardia; mushrooms grew rapidly after the rain, i funghi si sono sviluppati rapidamente dopo la pioggia; why don\'t you let your hair -?, perché non ti lasci crescere i capelli?

ma anche

2 aumentare; espandersi: Britain\'s power grew enormously in the 19th century, la potenza della Gran Bretagna aumentò enormemente nel xix secolo; wheat sales grew a lot last year, le vendite del grano sono sensibilmente aumentate l\'anno scorso

riciao


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Note added at 2005-03-12 07:57:07 (GMT)
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Le precedenti definizioni sono dal dizionario
Hazon Garzanti

... The piece of pasta grows incredibly and turns into an angry monster that wants to kill all the members of the family that created it. Who can stop it? ...
www.slowfoodonfilm.it/ita/dettaglio_film.lasso?cod=246

... Seeing where Buitoni pasta grows, this saucy trip would thrill me...
www.winspiration.co.uk/pasta.htm

... As the sheet of pasta grows longer, you should pick it up by folding it over on itself in a zigzag pattern, but do not press it together. ...
allrecipes.com/advice/coll/all/articles/209P2.asp

... All natural, healthy, one year shelf life. Pasta retains its shape and grows twice ts size when cooked. Serves two adults for dinner, four for a side dish. ...
www.corporategiftshowcas .com/pastainnovations.asp

mammetta49
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Michele Fauble: 'Grow' would only be used for something living.
1 hr

disagree Ivana Micheli: agree with Michele
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
increase its volume threefold

Explanation:
- After cooking. The Volume
the pasta must have absorbed the water in such a measure so as to increase its volume threefold:
http://www.lapastadisanzio.it/usa/cucina_i.htm

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Note added at 13 hrs 7 mins (2005-03-10 09:55:11 GMT)
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or \"increases in volume twofold to threefold\"

eileengreen
Israel
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Michele Fauble: It does say 'peso'.
10 hrs
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