espagueti

Catalan

Alternative forms

• espaguet (Alghero)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əs.pəˈɣe̞.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əs.pəˈɣɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.paˈɣɛ.ti]

Noun

espagueti m (plural espaguetis)

1. spaghetti

See also

• fideu
• tallarina

Further reading

• “espagueti”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Alternative forms

• spaguetti, espaguetti, spagueti
• spaghetti
• espaghetti (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, diminutive form of spago (“cord, string”), from Latin spacus, reinterpreted as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espaˈɡeti/ [es.paˈɣ̞e.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -eti
• Syllabification: es‧pa‧gue‧ti

Noun

espagueti m (plural espaguetis)

1. (in the singular or in the plural) spaghetti

See also

• fideo
• tallarín

Further reading

• “espagueti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025