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pesto
English
Etymology
1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin p?ns? (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?sto?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?st??/
- Rhymes: -?st??
Noun
pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)
- A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)
Coordinate terms
- persillade
- pistou
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes
Catalan
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
- pesto
Esperanto
Noun
pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)
- pestilence
Finnish
Noun
pesto
- pesto
Declension
Compounds
- pestokastike
Anagrams
- pesot, petos, sepot, sopet
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pes.to/
- Hyphenation: pé?sto
Etymology 1
From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin p?ns? (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).
Adjective
pesto (feminine pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)
- crushed, ground, beaten
- livid, bluish, black
- pitch-dark, pitch-black
Related terms
- cartapesta
- pestare
Noun
pesto m (plural pesti)
- (cooking) pesto
Related terms
- pesto alla genovese
- pesto alla trapanese
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pesto
- first-person singular present indicative of pestare
Anagrams
- poste
Polish
Etymology
From Italian pesto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.st?/
Noun
pesto n (indeclinable)
- pesto
Further reading
- pesto in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pesto/, [?pes.t?o]
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
- pesto
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?sd?/, [?p??st?]
Noun
pesto m (uncountable)
- pesto
Mutation
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presto
English
Etymology
From Italian presto (“quickly”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??st??/
- (US) enPR: pr?s't?, IPA(key): /?p??sto?/
- Rhymes: -?st??
Adverb
presto (not comparable)
- (music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
Interjection
presto
- Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- abracadabra
Noun
presto (uncountable)
- (poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Portes, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, poster, repost, repots, respot, sprote, topers, tropes
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?p?es.to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?p?es.tu/
Verb
presto
- first-person singular present indicative form of prestar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian presto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s.to/
Adverb
presto
- (music) presto
- (colloquial) quickly
Derived terms
- illico presto
Further reading
- “presto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?s.to/
- Rhymes: -?sto
- Hyphenation: prè?sto
Etymology 1
From Late Latin praestus, from the Latin praest? (“at hand”, adverb). Compare Catalan prest, French prêt.
Adjective
presto (feminine presta, masculine plural presti, feminine plural preste)
- (literary) ready
- (literary) fast, quick, nimble
Descendants
- ? French: preste
Adverb
presto
- soon
- Synonyms: tra poco, fra poco
- early
- Synonym: di buon'ora
- quickly
- Synonyms: rapidamente, velocemente
- (music) presto
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? English: presto
Etymology 2
Deverbal of prestare (“to lend”).
Noun
presto m (plural presti) (archaic)
- loan
- Synonym: prestito
- usury (practice of lending money at excessive interest rates)
- Synonym: usura
- pawnshop
- Synonym: banco dei pegni
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
presto
- first-person singular present of prestare
Further reading
- presto1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- presto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
Anagrams
- sporte, spreto, spretò, sterpo, sterpò
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).
Adverb
presto
- (music) presto
Noun
presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoer, definite plural prestoene)
- music being played presto
Usage notes
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.
References
- “presto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).
Adverb
presto
- (music) presto
Noun
presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoar, definite plural prestoane)
- music being played presto
References
- “presto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.
Adjective
presto m (feminine singular presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas, comparable)
- quick, swift, prompt
- ready, prepared
Adverb
presto (comparative mais presto superlative o mais presto)
- immediately, promptly
- right away, at once
- (music) presto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
presto
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of prestar
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- prijesto (Ijekavian)
Etymology
From pre- +? sto.
Alternative forms
- prijestol (Croatian)
Noun
pr?sto m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- throne
Declension
Derived terms
- prijést?lje
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?esto/, [?p?es.t?o]
Etymology 1
From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.
Adjective
presto (feminine presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas)
- quick, swift, prompt
- ready, prepared
Adverb
presto
- immediately, promptly, soon
- (music) presto
- right away, at once
Derived terms
- aprestar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
presto
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of prestar.
Further reading
- “presto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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