carbonara

noun

car·​bo·​nara ˌkär-bə-ˈnär-ə 

: a dish of hot pasta into which other ingredients (such as eggs, bacon or ham, and grated cheese) have been mixed

—often used as a postpositive modifier

spaghetti carbonara

Examples of carbonara in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pasta alla carbonara at Al Biondo Tevere, a neighborhood restaurant in Rome. —The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025

Arcangelo Dandini’s carbonara or Nabil Hadj Hassen’s. —Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024

Willow Restaurant & Bar 1006 Fourth St. At Willow, the Dine Downtown menu includes bruschetta or roasted beet salad and bucatini carbonara or crispy-skin chicken breast for the second course. —Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025

Traditional dishes like carbonara, amatriciana and cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper pasta) will be featured as well as spigola fish, to be flown in twice a week from Italy and salt-baked and served tableside, often by Ferrante himself. —Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 30 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian dialect (alla) carbonara, literally, in the manner of a charcoal maker

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for carbonara

• arikara
• ishihara
• alara
• amara
• antara
• aymara
• bambara
• camara
• damara
• gandhara
• gemara
• gurdwara