pomodoro means tomato in Italian

How do you say tomato in Italian?

Pomodoro!

The pomodoro, tomato, is a very important ingredient in Italian cooking.  Pasta al pomodoro means pasta with tomato sauce.  Pasta al pomodoro is only one of hundreds of ways to prepare pasta.

Preferisco i pomodori rossi.
I prefer red tomatoes.

Extra credit, make pronunciation fun:

Pomodoro starts out sounding like the "pom" of "pom pom"

The second syllable sounds like "oh"

The third syllable gets the emphasis and sounds like "DOOR"

The final part of the word sounds like "oh" 

pom-oh-DOOR-oh