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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɔt.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔtto
- Hyphenation: scòt‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“to boil; to melt”).
Adjective
scotto (feminine scotta, masculine plural scotti, feminine plural scotte)
- overcooked, overdone (chiefly of pasta and rice)
- Questi fusilli sono scotti. ― These fusilli are overdone.
Etymology 2
From Frankish *skott, *skatt (“tax”), from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“wealth; money”). Compare German Schatz (“treasure”) and Sicilian scuttari.
Noun
scotto m (plural scotti) (archaic, literary)
- the amount to pay for a meal in an inn or tavern
in tutte le terre passate non guadagnò soldi venti, che gli scotti gli erano costati più di cento novanta- in all the lands he passed through, he wasn't able to earn twenty soldi, even, whereas his board had costed him over one hundred and ninety
- (by extension) any meal eaten in a place of lodging
- Synonym: vitto
- (figurative) compensation
- Synonyms: compenso, contropartita
- pagare lo scotto [di qualcosa] ― to pay the price
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, page 470, lines 142–145:Alto fato di Dio sarebbe rotto, ¶ se Letè si passasse e tal vivanda ¶ fosse gustata sanza alcuno scotto ¶ di pentimento che lagrime spanda- God's lofty fiat would be violated, if Lethe should be passed, and if such viands should tasted be, withouten any scot of penitence, that gushes forth in tears
Usage notes
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
scotto (feminine scotta, masculine plural scotti, feminine plural scotte)
- past participle of scuocere