See also: Tosto, tostó, and tostò

Etymology

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Borrowed from English toastFrench toastGerman ToastRussian тост (tost).

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Noun

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tosto (plural tosti)

  1. toast, toasting

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Italian

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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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

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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

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tosto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tostare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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tostō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tostus

Portuguese

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Verb

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tosto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tostar
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