mosto

See also: moŝto and mōstõ

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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): /ˈmosto̝/

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
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• 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

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Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

mosto m (plural mosti)

1. must (fruit juice)

Related terms

• moscio
• mostoso

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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”).

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

1. must (unfermented fruit juice)

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Spanish

Etymology

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]

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

1. must (fruit juice)

Related terms

• mostajo
• mostaza
• mostoso
• mozo (possibly)

Further reading

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