toste

See also: Toste and tosté

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese toste (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tost (“soon”) rather than from Italian tosto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔstɪ]

Adverb

toste

1. (archaic, literary) soon

   Synonyms: axiña, logo

2. (archaic, literary) hastily, rapidly, quickly

   Synonyms: lixeiro, rapidamente

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 379:

     Mays Diomedes, que era moy bõo et moy lygeyro, ergeusse moy toste, cõ sua espada ẽna mão, et defendeusse moy ben

     But Diomedes, who was very good and very swift, got up very quickly, with sword in hand, and defended himself very well

References

• “toste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “toste” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “toste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “toste” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

toste

1. inflection of tosen:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Italian

Adjective

toste

1. feminine plural of tosto

Anagrams

• setto, settò, testo, testò

Latin

Participle

toste

1. vocative masculine singular of tostus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French toster.

Verb

toste

1. Alternative form of tosten

Etymology 2

From tosten.

Noun

toste

1. Alternative form of tost

Neapolitan

Adjective

toste f pl

1. feminine plural of tuosto

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adverb

toste

1. quickly; swiftly
   • 13th century CE, 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

Descendants

• Portuguese: toste

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔʃ.tɨ/

Adverb

toste (comparable, comparative mais toste, superlative o mais toste)

1. quickly; swiftly

   Synonyms: aceleradamente, apressadamente, depressa, ligeiramente, rapidamente

   Antonyms: devagar, lentamente, vagarosamente

Adjective

toste m or f (plural tostes)

1. swift; fast; quick

   Synonyms: acelerado, ligeiro, rápido

   Antonyms: lento, vagaroso

Etymology 2

Verb

toste

1. inflection of tostar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative