English

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)

Coordinate terms

• persillade
• pistou

Translations

References

1. ↑ “pesto” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. pestilence

Finnish

Noun

pesto

1. pesto

Declension

Compounds

• pestokastike

Anagrams

• pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

Italian

Etymology

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 in a mortar”, always from pistus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.sto/
• Hyphenation: pé‧sto

Adjective

pesto m ‎(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

Related terms

• cartapesta
• pestare

Noun

pesto m ‎(plural pesti)

1. (foods) pesto

Verb

pesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pestare

Anagrams

• poste