pesto
A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from…A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).
» Remember to use the pesto sauce for the pasta today.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).
Pesto
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пе́стоpésto
a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil
Examples
7 sentencesRemember to use the pesto sauce for the pasta today.
The diced courgette will be added to the pesto just before serving.
Tom spread the vegan mozzarella and pesto onto a slice of baguette.
Do you prefer pasta with pesto sauce or pasta with mushroom cream sauce?
Pesto can be frozen into cubes.
Translations
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Origin
Appears 1850 in Cottage economy, attributed to William Cobbett (but not found in any editiAppears 1850 in Cottage economy, attributed to William Cobbett (but not found in any editions published during his life). From Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.
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Forms
plural: pestos| Singular | pesto |
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uncountable
Word family
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