Ha già mangiato la minestra?

English Translation

Have you eaten supper yet?

While a supper might also consist of a soup, and etymologically speaking the words supper and soup (via the French “souper”) are related, the only Italian translations provided on Tatoeba for this sentence, all seem to relate only to “soup” (using either “minsetra” or “zuppa”), not covering any form of “cena” at all.

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I think I have come across this before and that it relates to the fact that minestra was historically the main (only) meal available to the poor.

There are some correlations with supper on ReversoContext.

https://context.reverso.net/translation/italian-english/minestra#supper

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