# grasso
## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of crasso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡras.so/
* Audio:(file)
* 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 cuocoWho [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 ricchiwith 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

#### Derived terms

* grassamente
* grasso di balena (“blubber”)
* ingrassare

### Anagrams

* grossa

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾa.su/
* Hyphenation: gras‧so

### 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