toste

Verb

toste

1. First-person singular preterite of tosen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of tosen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive II of tosen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive II of tosen.

Adjective

toste

1. Feminine plural form of tosto

Anagrams

• setto, settò, testo, testò

Participle

toste

1. vocative masculine singular of tostus

Etymology 1

From Old French toster.

Etymology 2

From tosten.

Etymology

From Italian tosto, from Latin tostus (“parched”), past participle of torreō (“I parch”).

Adverb

toste

1. quickly; swiftly
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Etymology

From Old Portuguese toste (“swiftly”), from Italian tosto, from Latin tostus (“parched”), past participle of torreō (“I parch”).

Adverb

toste (comparative mais toste superlative o mais toste)

1. quickly; swiftly

Adjective

toste m, f (plural tostes, comparable)

1. swift; fast; quick