pesto.
crushed, ground, beaten
Meaning & usage
crushed, ground, beaten
livid, bluish, black
occhio pesto
pitch-dark, pitch-black
buio pesto
Where this word comes from
From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).
pesto
Where this word comes from
From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).
first-person singular present indicative of pestare
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