testo

See also: testó, testò, těsto, and тесто

Galician

In Galicia, testos were used untill recently as external waterproofing

Testos, Ribadavia

Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century in Galician texts. From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Latin testum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtesto̝/

Noun

testo m (plural testos)

1. (archaic) skull
   • 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 137:

     dou lle hũ tal colpe [per] çima do elmo que a espada entrou ata o testo da cabeça

     He hit so hard over the helm that the sword entered till the pot [skull] of the head

2. lid
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:

     amasa todo en huun et cozeo en ola noua ben cuberta de huun testo, que non posa ende sayr bafo nen fumo

     knead everything together and cook it in a new pot, well covered by a lid, so that steam or smoke don't come out

   Synonyms: tampa, tello

3. flowerpot
4. lower valve of a shell

   Synonym: galés

Related terms

• testa

Etymology 2

Attested since the 15th century in Galician texts. From Old Galician / Old Portuguese (just marginally attested in Minhoto Portuguese), from Vulgar Latin *tensitus, from Latin tensus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsto̝/

Adjective

testo m (feminine singular testa, masculine plural testos, feminine plural testas)

1. (archaic) hard; stiff; tight
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:

     ual moito que o que cauallga o Cauallo a trote ou a gallope mandandoo duun lugar para outro, traga na maão a rredeẽa testa

     to this end it is very helpfull that the one riding the horse, either trotting or galloping from one place to another, to hold in his hand the rein tight

2. thick, dense
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 57:

     E se o Cauallo na sua Naçença, et adeante he avondado de leite et deruas suas carnes seram mais testas et mais fortes toda uya et seu corpo et seus nenbros mais grandes.

     And if the horse, when born and later, is supplied with plenty of milk and of grass, his meat will be even thicker and stronger, and his body and limbs larger

   Synonyms: denso, espeso, mesto

3. (informal, dated) good; great
   • 1807, anonymous, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros, in Ramón Mariño Paz (ed.), Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846:

     ¡pro o viño eravos testo! tiñavos tan bo olido que resucitaba os mortos, e un sabor que gorentaba

     But the wine it was great, pals! It had such a scent that it raised the dead, and a taste that was more than delectable

   • 1813, anonymous, Conversación entre los compadres Bértolo y Mingote:

     Testos días meu compadre: ¿e vós tamén pola vila?

     Good day, crony: So? Are you also around town?

References

• “testo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “testo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “testo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “testo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “testo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: tè‧sto

Etymology 1

From Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

Alternative forms

• texto

Participle

testo m (feminine singular testa, masculine plural testi, feminine plural teste)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of tessuto, past participle of tessere

References

• testo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin testum (“earthenware pot, vessel”).

Noun

testo m (plural testi)

1. (uncommon) An earthenware lid.
2. An earthenware baking tray.

   Hypernym: teglia

3. (by extension) A metal baking tray.

   Hypernym: teglia

4. An earthenware disk or dish.
5. (archaic) earthenware

   Synonyms: coccio, terracotta

6. (archaic) An earthenware flowerpot.

References

• testo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

From Early New Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).

Noun

testo m (plural testi)

1. text (writing)
2. wording
3. Extended meanings:
   1. (literature, linguistics) work

      Synonym: opera

   2. textbook

      Synonym: libro di testo

4. (computing) text (data which can be interpreted as human-readable text)
5. (music) lyrics (the words of a song)

   Synonym: parole

6. (uncountable, printing, dated) a large size of type, standardized as 16 point

Derived terms

• testuale

References

• testo³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

From English test.

Noun

testo m (plural testi)

1. Rare form of test.

References

• testo⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

testo

1. first-person singular present indicative of testare

Anagrams

• setto, settò, toste

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Latin

Noun

testō

1. dative singular of testum
2. ablative singular of testum

References

• testo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• testo in Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016, retrieved 16 July 2016

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese testo, from Latin testum.

Noun

testo m (plural testos)

1. a pot lid (ê)

Derived terms

• testar
• atestar

Related terms

• testa

Verb

testo

1. first-person singular present indicative of testar (é)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): tijȇsto

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těsto.

Noun

tȇsto n (Cyrillic spelling те̑сто)

1. dough

Declension

Declension of testo

	singular	plural
nominative	testo	testa
genitive	testa	testa
dative	testu	testima
accusative	testo	testa
vocative	testo	testa
locative	testu	testima
instrumental	testom	testima

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těsto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛstóː/

Noun

testọ̑ n

1. dough

Inflection

Neuter, hard
nominative	testo
genitive	testa
	singular
nominative	testo
accusative	testo
genitive	testa
dative	testu
locative	testu
instrumental	testom

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Spanish

Verb

testo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of testar.