mosto

See also: moŝto and mōstõ

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mustum, neuter of mustus (“fresh, young", and, of wine, "unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmosto/ [ˈmos̺.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -osto
• Hyphenation: mos‧to

Adjective

mosto (feminine mosta, masculine plural mostos, feminine plural mostas)

1. (archaic) unfermented or young
   • 1364, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 377:

     dedesnos cada anno viinte quarteiros de vino mosto

     you shall give us each year twenty pints of young (or unfermented) wine

   Antonym: coito

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

1. must (fruit juice)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mosto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mosto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mosto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mosto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mustum, neuter of mustus (“fresh, young", and, of wine, "unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.sto/
• Rhymes: -osto
• Hyphenation: mó‧sto

Noun

mosto m (plural mosti)

1. must (fruit juice)

Related terms

• moscio
• mostoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mosto, from Latin mustum, neuter of mustus (“fresh, young", and, of wine, "unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmos.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʃ.tu/

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

1. must (unfermented fruit juice)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mosto, from Latin mustum, neuter of mustus (“fresh, young", and, of wine, "unfermented”), from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmosto/ [ˈmos.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -osto
• Syllabification: mos‧to

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

1. must (fruit juice)
2. (brewing) wort

Related terms

• mostajo
• mostaza
• mostoso
• mozo (possibly)

 

Further reading

• “mosto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10