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

20:47 Mar 9, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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
Local time: 08:33
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
Local time: 23:33
Grading comment
grazie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1increases its original weight threefold
Michele Fauble
3gains 2 to 3 times its initial volume
swisstell
3gain three times their initial weight
Lietta Warren-Granato
4 -1grow three times as heavy as before
Giovanna Cerruti
3increase its volume threefold
eileengreen


  

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gains 2 to 3 times its initial volume


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

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
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gain three times their initial weight


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

Lietta Warren-Granato
Italy
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Italian
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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
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
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

Giovanna Cerruti
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 UK: agree with Michele
1 day 12 hrs
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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
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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