Short-cut Extruded Pasta
| Image | Type | Description | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamarata | Wide ring shaped pasta | Squid-like | |
| Calamaretti | Little squids | ||
| Cannelloni | Large stuffable tubes | Large little canes | |
| Cavatappi | Corkscrew-shaped macaroni | Corkscrews | |
| Cellentani | See Cavatappi | ||
| Chifferi | Short and wide macaroni | ||
| Ditalini | Short tubes | Small thimbles | |
| Elicoidali | Slightly ribbed tube pasta, the ribs are corked as opposed to those on rigatoni | Helicoidal ones | |
| Fagioloni | Short narrow tube | Large beans | |
| Fideuà | Short and thin tubes | Fideuá is not really a type of pasta but is a Spanish dish similar to paella but made with pasta instead of rice. | |
| Fusilli | Three-edged spiral, usually in mixed colours, many vendors and brands sold as fusilli are two-edged | From the diminutive of fuso (spindle), relating to the idea of a cylindrical rotating object Little spindles. | |
| Garganelli | Egg pasta in a square shape rolled into a tube | ||
| Gemelli | A single S-shaped strand of pasta twisted in a loose spiral | Twins | |
| Gomito | Bent tubes | Elbows | |
| Maccheroncelli | Hollow pencil shaped pasta | Small maccheroni | |
| Maltagliati | Short wide pasta with diagonally cut ends | Roughly cut ones | |
| Manicotti | Large stuffable ridged tubes | Sleeve-like things | |
| Marziani | Short spirals | Martians (refers to the antennae of cartoon martians) | |
| Mezzani pasta | Short curved tube | Half-size ones | |
| Mezze penne | Short version of penne | Half-pens | |
| Mezzi bombardoni | Wide short tubes | Half bombards | |
| Mostaccioli | Similar to penne but without ridges. Also called penne lisce or "smooth penne" | Moustache-like things | |
| Paccheri | Large tube | Slaps | |
| Pasta al ceppo | Shaped like a cinnamon stick | Log-type pasta | |
| Penne | Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends | Pens (after a quill pen) | |
| Penne rigate | Penne with ridged sides | Lined pens | |
| Penne lisce | Penne with smooth sides | Smooth pens | |
| Penne zita | Wider version of penne | ||
| Pennette | Short thin version of penne | Little pens | |
| Pennoni | Wider version of penne | Large pens | |
| Rigatoncini | Smaller version of rigatoni | Small large lined ones | |
| Rigatoni | Large and slightly curved tube | Large lined ones | |
| Sagne 'ncannulate | Long tube formed of twisted ribbon | ||
| Spirali | A tube which spirals round | Spirals | |
| Spiralini | More tightly-coiled fusilli | Little spirals | |
| Trenne | Penne shaped as a triangle | ||
| Trennette | Smaller version of trenne | ||
| Tortiglioni | Narrower rigatoni | Large pies | |
| Tuffoli | Ridged rigatoni |
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