A male given name from Italian.
Used in a Sentence
alfredo
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for alfredo.
Editorial note
If you know that alfredo is equal parts butter, cream and parmesan, you will use it more sparingly.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A male given name from Italian.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of alfredo gathered in one view.
Any dish of this type.
(cooking, noun adjunct) The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for alfredo.
noun
A male given name from Italian.
noun
Any dish of this type.
noun
(cooking, noun adjunct) The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo. [(cooking, noun adjunct) The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.]
Example sentences
If you know that alfredo is equal parts butter, cream and parmesan, you will use it more sparingly.
I can do a glass or so of milk or a bowlful of cereal but huge amounts of Alfredo or chugging a gallon is right out.
You go to a new restaurant and you bring your pasta alfredo influence to it.
Should restaurant 1 be able to charge you for making your pasta alfredo at home?
You can literally make an amazing alfredo sauce with pantry ingredients in less time than it takes to boil the noodles!
Why would anyone buy an alfredo sauce!?) Although this more or less is my point.
Someone must have more because all of the Alfredo animation demos are on YouTube.
You design and cook menu items at your day job, then you go home and make pasta alfredo in your own way.
Should restaurant 1 have any rights to the pasta alfredo you designed at home that was not even in use at their restaurant?
Dipping them in a never-ending choice of marinara, five cheese, and Alfredo dip.
If Alfredo says it, I am sure he is right and he can find other bugs.
What about remembering to go to home depot to get drywall or getting your oil changed, or getting groceries or learning to make alfredo?
Quote examples
From that link: "In April 2010 Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was stabbed to death in New York City after coming to the aid of a woman who was being attacked by a robber.
Alfredo had derived a complicated expression for these new "single-minus amplitudes" and we were hoping we could find an analogue of the simpler "Parke-Taylor formula" for them.
I draw a distinction between "here's a sweet recipe for chicken alfredo, better save this for later" and "here's a picture of me naked, better make a copy in case I need this later", but I guess others don't.
Proper noun examples
Like, there is no such thing called ‘Alfredo sauce’ in Italy - and it would not go on pasta anyway.
Fresh pasta tastes completely different and won't just work in any dish; works best for the more delicate dishes such as Alfredo.
For some reason though almost everybody that makes it decides that they know better than the people that invented it and so adulterates it with peas and onions and garlic and cream and cream cheese and Italian seasoning and parsley and chives until it ends up being Olive Garden Alfredo.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use alfredo in a sentence?
If you know that alfredo is equal parts butter, cream and parmesan, you will use it more sparingly.
What does alfredo mean?
A male given name from Italian.
What part of speech is alfredo?
alfredo is commonly used as noun.