pesto

See also: pestò and Pesto

English

Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛstoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛstəʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

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

an Italian sauce especially for pasta

• Arabic: بِيسْتُو (bīstū)

  Hijazi Arabic: پستو (pistu)

• Belarusian: пе́ста m (pjésta)
• Bulgarian: пе́сто m (pésto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香蒜沙司 (xiāngsuàn shāsī), 香蒜醬／香蒜酱 (zh), 香蒜酱 (zh) (xiāngsuànjiàng)

• Danish: pesto (da) c
• Dutch: pesto (nl) m
• Esperanto: pistitaĵo
• Finnish: pesto (fi), pestokastike
• French: pesto (fr) m
• German: Pesto (de) n
• Greek: πέστο (el) n (pésto)
• Hebrew: פֶּסְטוֹ (he) m (pɛsṭō)
• Icelandic: pestó m
• Italian: pesto (it) m
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• Japanese: ペスト・ジェノヴェーゼ (pesuto jenovēze), ペスト (ja) (pesuto)
• Korean: 페스토 (peseuto)
• Ligurian: pesto m
• Neapolitan: pisto m
• Persian: پستو (fa)
• Polish: pesto (pl) n
• Russian: пе́сто (ru) m (pésto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пе̏сто m

  Roman: pȅsto (sh) m

• Spanish: pesto (es) m
• Swedish: pesto (sv) c
• Turkish: pesto
• Ukrainian: пе́сто m (pésto)
• Welsh: pesto m

Anagrams

• ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes

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Catalan

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

1. pesto

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. pestilence

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Finnish

Noun

pesto

1. pesto

Declension

Inflection of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		pesto	pestot
genitive		peston	pestojen
partitive		pestoa	pestoja
illative		pestoon	pestoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pesto	pestot
accusative	nom.	pesto	pestot
	gen.	peston
genitive		peston	pestojen
partitive		pestoa	pestoja
inessive		pestossa	pestoissa
elative		pestosta	pestoista
illative		pestoon	pestoihin
adessive		pestolla	pestoilla
ablative		pestolta	pestoilta
allative		pestolle	pestoille
essive		pestona	pestoina
translative		pestoksi	pestoiksi
abessive		pestotta	pestoitta
instructive		—	pestoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pestoni pestoni accusative nom. pestoni pestoni gen. pestoni genitive pestoni pestojeni partitive pestoani pestojani inessive pestossani pestoissani elative pestostani pestoistani illative pestooni pestoihini adessive pestollani pestoillani ablative pestoltani pestoiltani allative pestolleni pestoilleni essive pestonani pestoinani translative pestokseni pestoikseni abessive pestottani pestoittani instructive — — comitative — pestoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pestosi pestosi accusative nom. pestosi pestosi gen. pestosi genitive pestosi pestojesi partitive pestoasi pestojasi inessive pestossasi pestoissasi elative pestostasi pestoistasi illative pestoosi pestoihisi adessive pestollasi pestoillasi ablative pestoltasi pestoiltasi allative pestollesi pestoillesi essive pestonasi pestoinasi translative pestoksesi pestoiksesi abessive pestottasi pestoittasi instructive — — comitative — pestoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pestomme pestomme accusative nom. pestomme pestomme gen. pestomme genitive pestomme pestojemme partitive pestoamme pestojamme inessive pestossamme pestoissamme elative pestostamme pestoistamme illative pestoomme pestoihimme adessive pestollamme pestoillamme ablative pestoltamme pestoiltamme allative pestollemme pestoillemme essive pestonamme pestoinamme translative pestoksemme pestoiksemme abessive pestottamme pestoittamme instructive — — comitative — pestoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pestonne pestonne accusative nom. pestonne pestonne gen. pestonne genitive pestonne pestojenne partitive pestoanne pestojanne inessive pestossanne pestoissanne elative pestostanne pestoistanne illative pestoonne pestoihinne adessive pestollanne pestoillanne ablative pestoltanne pestoiltanne allative pestollenne pestoillenne essive pestonanne pestoinanne translative pestoksenne pestoiksenne abessive pestottanne pestoittanne instructive — — comitative — pestoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pestonsa pestonsa accusative nom. pestonsa pestonsa gen. pestonsa genitive pestonsa pestojensa partitive pestoaan pestoansa pestojaan pestojansa inessive pestossaan pestossansa pestoissaan pestoissansa elative pestostaan pestostansa pestoistaan pestoistansa illative pestoonsa pestoihinsa adessive pestollaan pestollansa pestoillaan pestoillansa ablative pestoltaan pestoltansa pestoiltaan pestoiltansa allative pestolleen pestollensa pestoilleen pestoillensa essive pestonaan pestonansa pestoinaan pestoinansa translative pestokseen pestoksensa pestoikseen pestoiksensa abessive pestottaan pestottansa pestoittaan pestoittansa instructive — — comitative — pestoineen pestoinensa

Compounds

• pestokastike

Anagrams

• pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).

Adjective

pesto (feminine 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. (cooking) pesto

Related terms

• pesto alla genovese
• pesto alla trapanese

Descendants

• → English: pesto
• → Turkish: pesto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pestare

Anagrams

• poste

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.tɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛstɔ
• Syllabification: pes‧to

Noun

1. pesto

Further reading

• pesto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpesto/ [ˈpes.t̪o]

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

1. pesto

Further reading

• “pesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsdɔ/, [ˈpʰɛstɔ]

Noun

pesto m (uncountable)

1. pesto

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pesto	besto	mhesto	phesto
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.