Vocabulary of essential terms by topic
Meats and Entrees / La Carne ed I Secondi
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| ENGLISH | ITALIAN |
|---|---|
| beef | il manzo |
| capon | il cappone |
| chicken | il pollo |
| cured belly pork | la pancetta |
| duck | l’anatra |
| goose | l’oca |
| ham | il prosciutto |
| hare | la lepre |
| lamb | l’agnello |
| meat | la carne |
| pigeon | il piccione |
| pork | il maiale |
| quail | la quaglia |
| rabbit | il coniglio |
| roast | l’arrosto |
| roast suckling pig | la porchetta |
| sausage | la salsiccia |
| steak | la bistecca |
| suckling pig | il lattonzolo |
| tenderloin of beef | il filetto di manzo |
| thin slice of beef, pork, or veal | la braciola |
| turkey | il tacchino |
| veal shank | l’ossobuco |
| venison | il cervo |
| wild boar | il cinghiale |
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