# pesto
## English
### Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈpɛstoʊ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛstəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

### Noun

pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)
* A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).
** 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 221:Inside the house, Paul is in the kitchen bent over a bowl of pesto: thick shiny basil leaves, machete-crushed garlic cloves, pine nuts, onions roasted till their gold edges blacken, and the bright scent of lemon zest.

#### Coordinate terms

* persillade
* pistou

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “pesto”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* stope, potes, Topes, topes, estop, Petos, T pose, stoep, septo-, Poets, T-pose, poset, e-stop, ETOPS, Potes, poets

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpes.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpes.to]

### Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)
* pesto

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpesto]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -esto
* Hyphenation: pes‧to

### Noun

pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)
* pestilence

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian pesto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpesto/, [ˈpe̞s̠to̞]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Hyphenation: pes‧to

### Noun

pesto
* pesto

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pestoni
pestoni
accusative
nom.
pestoni
pestoni
gen.
pestoni
genitive
pestoni
pestojeni
partitive
pestoani
pestojani
inessive
pestossani
pestoissani
elative
pestostani
pestoistani
illative
pestooni
pestoihini
adessive
pestollani
pestoillani
ablative
pestoltani
pestoiltani
allative
pestolleni
pestoilleni
essive
pestonani
pestoinani
translative
pestokseni
pestoikseni
abessive
pestottani
pestoittani
instructive
comitative
—pestoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pestosi
pestosi
accusative
nom.
pestosi
pestosi
gen.
pestosi
genitive
pestosi
pestojesi
partitive
pestoasi
pestojasi
inessive
pestossasi
pestoissasi
elative
pestostasi
pestoistasi
illative
pestoosi
pestoihisi
adessive
pestollasi
pestoillasi
ablative
pestoltasi
pestoiltasi
allative
pestollesi
pestoillesi
essive
pestonasi
pestoinasi
translative
pestoksesi
pestoiksesi
abessive
pestottasi
pestoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pestoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pestomme
pestomme
accusative
nom.
pestomme
pestomme
gen.
pestomme
genitive
pestomme
pestojemme
partitive
pestoamme
pestojamme
inessive
pestossamme
pestoissamme
elative
pestostamme
pestoistamme
illative
pestoomme
pestoihimme
adessive
pestollamme
pestoillamme
ablative
pestoltamme
pestoiltamme
allative
pestollemme
pestoillemme
essive
pestonamme
pestoinamme
translative
pestoksemme
pestoiksemme
abessive
pestottamme
pestoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pestoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pestonne
pestonne
accusative
nom.
pestonne
pestonne
gen.
pestonne
genitive
pestonne
pestojenne
partitive
pestoanne
pestojanne
inessive
pestossanne
pestoissanne
elative
pestostanne
pestoistanne
illative
pestoonne
pestoihinne
adessive
pestollanne
pestoillanne
ablative
pestoltanne
pestoiltanne
allative
pestollenne
pestoillenne
essive
pestonanne
pestoinanne
translative
pestoksenne
pestoiksenne
abessive
pestottanne
pestoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pestoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pestonsa
pestonsa
accusative
nom.
pestonsa
pestonsa
gen.
pestonsa
genitive
pestonsa
pestojensa
partitive
pestoaan pestoansa
pestojaan pestojansa
inessive
pestossaan pestossansa
pestoissaan pestoissansa
elative
pestostaan pestostansa
pestoistaan pestoistansa
illative
pestoonsa
pestoihinsa
adessive
pestollaan pestollansa
pestoillaan pestoillansa
ablative
pestoltaan pestoltansa
pestoiltaan pestoiltansa
allative
pestolleen pestollensa
pestoilleen pestoillensa
essive
pestonaan pestonansa
pestoinaan pestoinansa
translative
pestokseen pestoksensa
pestoikseen pestoiksensa
abessive
pestottaan pestottansa
pestoittaan pestoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pestoineen pestoinensa :

#### Derived terms
##### compounds

* pestokastike

### Further reading

* “pesto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.sto/
* Rhymes: -esto
* Hyphenation: pé‧sto

### Etymology 1

From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).

#### Adjective

pesto (feminine pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)
* crushed, ground, beaten
* livid, bluish, black
    occhio pesto ― black eye
* pitch-dark, pitch-black
    buio pesto ― pitch darkness

##### Related terms

* cartapesta
* pestare

#### Noun

pesto m (plural pesti)
* (cooking) pesto

##### Related terms

* pesto alla genovese
* pesto alla trapanese

##### Descendants

* → English: pesto
* → Turkish: pesto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pesto
* first-person singular present indicative of pestare

### Anagrams

* poste

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛs.tɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛstɔ
* Syllabification: pes‧to

### Noun

pesto n (indeclinable)
* pesto (Italian sauce especially for pasta)

### Further reading

* pesto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpesto/ [ˈpes.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Syllabification: pes‧to

### Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)
* pesto

#### Derived terms

* dar un pesto

### Further reading

* “pesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛsdɔ/, [ˈpʰɛstɔ]

### Noun

pesto m (uncountable)
* pesto

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.