See also: Tosto, tostó, and tostò

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English toastFrench toastGerman ToastRussian тост (tost).

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Noun edit

tosto (plural tosti)

  1. toast, toasting

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tostus, probably from the sense of "drying rapidly". Cognate to French tôt, Occitan and Catalan tost.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

tosto

  1. (archaic) at once, immediately
    Synonyms: presto, rapidamente, subito
    • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata (Gerusalem Delivered), BUR, page 243, Canto IV, octave 19, lines 1-2:
      Tosto, spiegando in vari lati i vanni, / si furon questi per lo mondo sparti, [...]
      At once, unfolding towards various directions their wings, they were scattered around the whole world.

Adjective edit

tosto (feminine tosta, masculine plural tosti, feminine plural toste, superlative tostissimo)

  1. (archaic) swift, rapid, hurried
    Synonyms: rapido, svelto, veloce
  2. (literary or regional, mostly Southern Italy) hard, tough, firm, hard-boiled, hardheaded, resistant, persistent, resilient, resolute, determined, dogged, sturdy, or rugged
    Synonyms: duro, sodo
    Antonym: mollo
  3. (by extension, colloquial) difficult
  4. badass

Verb edit

tosto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tostare

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Participle edit

tostō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tostus

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Verb edit

tosto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tostar