Also means
saucepan
Usage Note
Pentola refers specifically to a deep cooking pot used for boiling; a shallower pan is padella. The Italian equivalent of 'the pot calling the kettle black' is il bue che dice cornuto all'asino (the ox calling the donkey horned). Regular plural le pentole.
Examples
"L'acqua nella pentola bolle già."
Natural Translation
The water in the pot is already boiling.
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