carbonara

Etymology

From the Italian carbonara, shortening of alla carbonara (literally “in the manner of charcoal burners”, or “in the manner of the Carbonari”), ultimately from carbone (“coal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːbəˈnɑːɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹə/, /ˌkɑɹbəˈnæɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -æɹə

Noun

carbonara (countable and uncountable, plural carbonaras)

1. A thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper.
   • 1999, Roger D. Skillings, Where the Time Goes‎, page 10:

     One of my own grand carbonaras, some crisp and spicy greens, a clean Tuscan white, a pint of raspberry sorbet, a pot of freshly ground strong coffee, and a long beguiling night on my couch in pajamas with cannabis, good TV, and no qualms about the future, please.

2. (by extension) A spaghetti dish made using such a sauce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kar.boˈna.ra/, [kärboˈnäːrä]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: car‧bo‧nà‧ra

Adjective

carbonara

1. feminine singular of carbonaro

   (cooking, of pasta sauce)

   alla carbonara ― with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper

Noun

carbonara f (plural carbonare)

1. feminine equivalent of carbonaro (“charcoal burner; member of the Carbonari”)
2. (by ellipsis) carbonara sauce
3. (by ellipsis and by extension) carbonara pasta or, more specifically, spaghetti

   Synonyms: pasta alla carbonara, spaghetti alla carbonara

Anagrams

• barracano

Verb

carbonara

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of carbonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of carbonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of carbonar.