mosto

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See also: moŝto and mōstõ

Galician

Etymology

From 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): /ˈmosto/
  • Rhymes: -osto
  • Hyphenation: mos‧to

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

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.sto/
  • Rhymes: -osto
  • Hyphenation: mó‧sto

Noun

mosto m (plural mosti)

  1. must (fruit juice)

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).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

  1. must (unfermented fruit juice)

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited 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/
  • Rhymes: -osto
  • Syllabification: mos‧to

Noun

mosto m (plural mostos)

  1. must (fruit juice)
  2. (brewing) wort

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