Pasta is what we usually call "spaghetti". Ask the English of spaghetti, and you may say "spaghetti". In fact, the correct name is "spaghetti", and "spaghetti" is just one of them, which is the traditional strip noodles. In Italy, there are more than 130 kinds of noodles with different shapes.

[Example] Please make sure passesaldente, ok? Can you make spaghetti harder?