scotto
See also: Scotto, scottò, and Scotto-
Italian
FWOTD – 19 November 2022
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.
Related terms
- scottare
- scuocere
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 [for something]
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, lines 142–145, page 470:
- 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
- Today only used in the set phrase “pagare lo scotto”:
- pagare lo scotto [di qualcosa] ― to pay the price [for something]
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
scotto (feminine scotta, masculine plural scotti, feminine plural scotte)
- past participle of scuocere