tosto

See also: Tosto, tostó, and tostò

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast, French toast, German Toast, Russian тост (tost).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtosto/

Noun

tosto (plural tosti)

1. toast, toasting

Derived terms

• tostar (“to toast”)

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɔsto
• Hyphenation: tò‧sto

Adverb

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

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

tosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tostare

Anagrams

• sotto, sotto-

Latin

Participle

tostō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tostus

Portuguese

Verb

tosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tostar