How to Say "Popcorn" in Italian

popcorn

masculine, plural

The English phrase "popcorn" can be translated into Italian as popcorn. Wiktionary also lists mais scoppiato and mais soffiato.

Meaning: a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating (noun)

Ways to say it

The term refers to the snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating.

The phrase mais scoppiato literally translates to "popped corn".

Alternatively, you can use the descriptive masculine forms mais scoppiato or mais soffiato.

The word popcorn is a masculine noun that is used in its plural form. The phrases mais scoppiato and mais soffiato are masculine.

If you were to use the word scoppiare in a different context, like scoppiare a ridere, it would mean to 'burst out laughing'.
The word popcorn is treated as an invariable noun in Italian, meaning it does not change its ending between singular and plural forms.
The word scoppiato comes from the verb scoppiare, which means to explode or burst, describing the violent way the kernel pops.

Tom ha dei popcorn.
Tom has popcorn.
This sentence shows how to express that someone possesses some popcorn.
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Ha preso dei popcorn?
Did you get popcorn?
This sentence is useful for asking if someone purchased some popcorn.
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Mi porti dei popcorn.
Bring me some popcorn.
This sentence is a way to request that someone bring you some popcorn.
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Mi scusi, avrebbe un po' di popcorn?
Excuse me, do you have any popcorn?
Mi scusi, potrebbe passarmi del pop-corn?
Excuse me, could you pass me some popcorn, please?
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