zuppa means soup in Italian

How do you say soup in Italian?

Zuppa!

Zuppa, soup, is often eaten in place of pasta or rice as the first course of a meal.  There are hundreds of different zuppa, soup recipes.  You'll even find some with an egg cooked on top!

La zuppa è bella calda.
The soup is nice and hot.

Extra credit, make pronunciation fun:

Zuppa starts out sounding like the "ZOO"

The first half of the word gets the emphasis and sounds like "ZOOP"

The second half of the word sounds like the "pu" of "puppy"

Make sure to take your time pronouncing both p's, both the P of "ZOOP" and the p of "pu"

ZOOP-pu