🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Rollatini

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Rollatini

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rollatini/ˌroʊ.ləˈtiː.ni/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O restaurante serve um delicioso rollatini de berinjela."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A dish consisting of rolled pasta or meat filled with cheese or other ingredients, often baked in sauce.

    "The restaurant's specialty is eggplant rollatini, which is a favorite among the patrons."
  2. 2

    A variation of traditional Italian dishes that incorporates rolled ingredients, typically served as a main course.

    "For dinner, she prepared chicken rollatini stuffed with spinach and ricotta."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'rollatini' is derived from Italian, where 'rollare' means 'to roll.' It refers to a dish made of rolled pasta or meat, typically filled with cheese or vegetables, and baked in sauce. The word reflects the culinary tradition of Italian-American cuisine that evolved in the 20th century.

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