al dente

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Firm to the bite, cooked just right.

Usage notes

 * Also used.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 彈牙
 * Mandarin: 耐嚼, 有嚼勁, 有嚼勁
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: al dente, kovankypsä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: al dente
 * Japanese: アルデンテ
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ал денте
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
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Phrase

 * 1) al dente

Etymology
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Etymology
lit. 'to the tooth'.

Etymology
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