arrabbiate

Arrabbiate is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective arrabbiato, meaning angry or furious. It describes a group composed of feminine subjects that are angry, as in Le ragazze arrabbiate escono dalla stanza. The form derives from the verb arrabbiarsi, with arrabbiato as the masculine singular and arrabbiata as the feminine singular; the feminine plural is arrabbiate.

In Italian usage, arrabbiate functions as a normal adjective applied to feminine nouns. Examples include people, moods, or situations described as angry. The term is common in everyday speech and literature, and it follows standard gender and number agreement rules of Italian adjectives.

In culinary contexts, arrabbiata (singular) is best known as a spicy tomato sauce from Roman cuisine, often described as alla arrabbiata to evoke heat and intensity. The sauce typically contains tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and dried red chili peppers (peperoncino), sometimes with parsley. It is commonly served with pasta, especially penne all’arrabbiata. The culinary name uses the feminine singular form arrabbiata to describe the sauce’s fiery character; arrabbiate is not used in naming the dish, except when referring to multiple feminine subjects described as fiery in a non-culinary sense.