pesto

See also: pestò

English

Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”). Cognate to pestle.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

Noun

pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)

  1. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)

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Translations

References

  1. ↑ “pesto” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

  1. pesto

Esperanto

Noun

pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)

  1. pestilence

Finnish

Noun

pesto

  1. pesto

Declension

Inflection of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pesto pestot
genitive peston pestojen
partitive pestoa pestoja
illative pestoon pestoihin
singular plural
nominative pesto pestot
accusative nom. pesto pestot
gen. peston
genitive peston pestojen
partitive pestoa pestoja
inessive pestossa pestoissa
elative pestosta pestoista
illative pestoon pestoihin
adessive pestolla pestoilla
ablative pestolta pestoilta
allative pestolle pestoille
essive pestona pestoina
translative pestoksi pestoiksi
instructive — pestoin
abessive pestotta pestoitta
comitative — pestoineen

Compounds

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpes.to/, [ˈpes̪t̪o]
  • Stress: pésto
  • Hyphenation: pe‧sto

Etymology 1

Either from Late Latin pistus (“crushed”), from Latin pinsō (“to pound, to beat, to crush”), or a contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound”, always from pistus).

Adjective

pesto (feminine singular pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)

  1. crushed, ground, beaten
  2. livid, bluish, black
    occhio pesto ― black eye
  3. pitch-dark, pitch-black
    buio pesto ― pitch darkness

Noun

pesto m (plural pesti)

  1. (foods) pesto

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

pesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pestare

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpesto/, [ˈpest̪o]

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

  1. pesto
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