grasso
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of crasso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡras.so/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asso
- Hyphenation: gràs‧so
Adjective
grasso (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassi, feminine plural grasse)
- fat
- 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 [Currado], 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)
- (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)
- (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)
Derived terms
- grassamente
- grasso di balena (“blubber”)
- ingrassare
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾa.su/
- Hyphenation: gras‧so
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