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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of crasso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡras.so/
- Rhymes: -asso
- Hyphenation: gràs‧so
Adjective
grasso (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassi, feminine plural grasse)
- fat
- Synonyms: adiposo, pingue
- Antonyms: asciutto, esile, magro, mingherlino, smilzo, snello
1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata sesta, Novella IV [Sixth Day, Fourth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 164:Il quale con un ſuo falcone havendo un di […] una gru ammazzata trovandola graſſa e giovane, quella mandò ad un ſuo buon cuoco- Who , having one day killed with a falcon of his a crane, finding it to be fat and young, sent it to a cook of his
- fatty, greasy (containing fat)
- Antonym: magro
- Quando mangio della carne, la preferisco grassa. ― When I eat meat, I prefer it to be fatty.
- (botany) succulent (of plants)
- (figurative) rich, abundant
- Synonyms: condito, pesante
- Antonyms: digeribile, leggero
- La cucina di mia madre è molto grassa. ― My mother's cuisine is very rich.
- (figurative) useful, advantageous
- Synonyms: produttivo, ricco, utile, vantaggioso
- Antonym: svantaggioso
- Mi ha fatto delle grasse promesse. ― He made some advantageous promises.
- (figurative) well-off, well-to-do (of a person)
- Synonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante, facoltoso, ricco
- Antonyms: bisognoso, disagiato, indigente, misero, nullatenente, povero
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XVI, page 293, lines 112–114:Così facieno i padri di coloro ¶ che, sempre che la vostra chiesa vaca, ¶ si fanno grassi stando a consistoro.- So likewise did the ancestors of those ¶ who evermore, when vacant is your church, ¶ get fat by staying in consistory.
1841, Giovanni Villani, Cronache di Dino Compagni, e di Giovanni, Matteo e Filippo Villani, volume 1, Padua, Book 8, Chapter 1, page 169:essendo la città di Firenze in grande e possente stato […] e' cittadini di quella grassi e ricchi- with the city of Florence being in a great and powerful condition and its citizens well-off and wealthy
- fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy consistence)
- Synonyms: denso, oleoso, unto, untuoso, vischioso
- Antonyms: asciutto, secco
- Questa pomata è molto grassa. ― This ointment is very greasy.
- (by extension) thick (of air)
- Synonym: spesso
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IX, page 139, lines 82–84:Dal volto rimovea quell'aere grasso ¶ menando la sinistra innanzi spesso; ¶ e sol di quell'angoscia parea lasso.- From off his face he fanned that unctuous air, ¶ waving his left hand oft in front of him, ¶ and only with that anguish seemed he weary.
- fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy surface)
- Synonyms: oleoso, unto, untuoso
- Antonyms: asciutto, secco
- Prima di fare la doccia, avevo dei capelli molto grassi. ― Before showering, my hair was very greasy.
- (figurative) licentious, raunchy, vulgar (of a way of speaking)
- Synonyms: grossolano, lascivo, licenzioso, osceno, sboccato, spinto, triviale, volgare
- Antonyms: castigato, casto, irreprensibile, pudico
- Mio zio è solito raccontare storielle grasse. ― My uncle usually tells licentious little stories.
Noun
grasso m (plural grassi)
- fat (animal tissue)
- (by extension) any greasy substance
- (nautical) the concavity of a sail under the effect of the wind
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Etymology 1
Adjective
grasso (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grassas)
- (uncommon) fatty (containing fat)
Etymology 2
Verb
grasso
- first-person singular present indicative of grassar