pesto

pesto
noun Etymology: Italian, from pesto, adjective, pounded, from pestare to pound, from Late Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pinsere Date: 1937 a sauce made especially of fresh basil, garlic, oil, pine nuts, and grated cheese

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  • Pesto — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Procesamiento de pesto …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pesto — Le pesto est une préparation culinaire ligure (nord ouest de l Italie) à base de basilico genovese, de pignons de pin, d huile d olive, d ail et de fromage râpé (pecorino romano et/ou parmigiano reggiano) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pesto — pes to (p[e^]s t[ o]), n. [It. pesto, pounded, from pestare to pound, crush, fr. LL. pistare, fr. pinsere. See also {pestle}.] (Cookery) A sauce used in Italian cuisine, typically made by blending olive oil, basil, garlic, pine nuts, and grated… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pesto — / pesto/ agg. [part. pass. di pestare ]. ■ agg. 1. [pestato, ridotto in frantumi o in polvere: pepe p. ] ▶◀ battuto, macinato, tritato, trito. 2. a. [di parte del corpo, che presenta gonfiore] ▶◀ ammaccato, contuso, gonfio, tumefatto. b. [di… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • pesto — olive oil based pasta sauce, 1937, from It. pesto, contracted form of pestato, pp. of pestare to pound, to crush, in ref. to the crushed herbs and garlic in it, from L. root of PESTLE (Cf. pestle) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pesto — s. m. [Culinária] Molho, geralmente para massas alimentícias, composto por uma mistura triturada de manjericão, pinhões, alho, queijo e azeite.   ‣ Etimologia: italiano pesto …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Pesto — Pesto, Stadt, so v.w. Pästum …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pesto — Pesto, s. Pästum …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • pesto — pȅsto m DEFINICIJA kulin. reg. umak na bazi bosiljka, pinjola, maslinovog ulja, češnjaka i tvrdog ovčjeg sira, »zeleni umak« ETIMOLOGIJA mlet. ← tal …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • pesto — ► NOUN ▪ a sauce of crushed basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil, served with pasta. ORIGIN Italian, from pestare pound, crush …   English terms dictionary

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