cibo da asporto
The English phrase "takeaway food" is translated into Italian as cibo da asporto.
Use cibo da asporto to refer to food that is purchased from a restaurant to be eaten at a different location. In many contexts, such as on restaurant signs or menus, you may see the shorter form asporto used to indicate that a takeaway service is available.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase da asporto literally means "for carrying away" or "for transport".
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun cibo (food) is modified by the prepositional phrase da asporto to indicate the intended use of the food.
Did you know?
- In Italy, the act of taking food to go is often tied to the concept of asporto, which shares a root with the word for 'export' in English.
- The word cibo is a learned borrowing from the Latin cibus, meaning it was reintroduced into the language by scholars rather than evolving naturally from spoken Latin.
- While cibo da asporto is the standard term, you will often see the word take-away written in English on signs in modern Italian cities. This is used as a trendy loanword to signal a fast-food or contemporary style of service.
Examples in context
- Buongiorno, posso avere del cibo da asporto, per favore?Good morning, can I have some takeaway food, please?
- Ciao, prendiamo un po' di cibo da portare via per la serata?Hey, shall we get some takeaway food for the evening?
- Vado a prendere del cibo da asporto per cena stasera.I'm going to get some takeaway food for dinner tonight.
- Prendiamo del cibo da asporto stasera.Let's get some takeaway food tonight.
- Vogliamo ordinare del cibo da asporto stasera.We want to order some takeaway food tonight.
- C'è un buon locale che fa cibo da asporto.There is a good place that does takeaway food.
- Preferisco il cibo da asporto quando sono stanca.I prefer takeaway food when I am tired.
Example conversation
Sofia and Alessandro are deciding what to have for dinner at home.
- SofiaAlessandro, non ho voglia di cucinare oggi.Alessandro, I don't feel like cooking today.
- AlessandroPrendiamo del cibo da asporto allora?Shall we get some takeaway food then?
- SofiaSì, ottima idea, ordiniamo una pizza.Yes, great idea, let's order a pizza.
- AlessandroPerfetto, lo faccio subito.Perfect, I'll do it right away.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cibo, da, CC BY-SA 4.0.
