"grasso" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡras.so/ Forms: grassa [feminine], grassi [masculine, plural], grasse [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -asso Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of crasso. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*grassus}} Vulgar Latin *grassus, {{inh|it|la|crassus}} Latin crassus, {{doublet|it|crasso}} Doublet of crasso Head templates: {{it-adj}} grasso (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassi, feminine plural grasse)
  1. fat Synonyms: adiposo, pingue
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-vgf1E5ph
  2. fatty, greasy (containing fat)
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-Zijihh0q
  3. (botany) succulent (of plants) Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-9dwdB5Bn Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (figurative) rich, abundant Tags: figuratively Synonyms: condito, pesante
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-2pi~IBBn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 8 26 27 9 2 0 2 23
  5. (figurative) useful, advantageous Tags: figuratively Synonyms: produttivo, ricco, utile, vantaggioso
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-Ud5MsVIs Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 8 26 27 9 2 0 2 23
  6. (figurative) well-off, well-to-do (of a person) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante, facoltoso, ricco
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-TYNMnDQJ
  7. fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy consistence) Synonyms: denso, oleoso, unto, untuoso, vischioso
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-DpZ79FG5
  8. (by extension) thick (of air) Tags: broadly Synonyms: spesso
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-YZdkaLbK
  9. fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy surface) Synonyms: oleoso, unto, untuoso
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-kz2M5YTW
  10. (figurative) licentious, raunchy, vulgar (of a way of speaking) Tags: figuratively Synonyms: grossolano, lascivo, licenzioso, osceno, sboccato, spinto, triviale, volgare
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-adj-EQmjoNAV Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 8 26 27 9 2 0 2 23

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡras.so/ Forms: grassi [plural]
Rhymes: -asso Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of crasso. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*grassus}} Vulgar Latin *grassus, {{inh|it|la|crassus}} Latin crassus, {{doublet|it|crasso}} Doublet of crasso Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} grasso m (plural grassi)
  1. fat (animal tissue) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-noun-e-1cZggE
  2. (by extension) any greasy substance Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-noun-px50-QWH
  3. (nautical) the concavity of a sail under the effect of the wind Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-grasso-it-noun-UTZvt93T Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grassamente, grasso di balena (english: blubber), ingrassare

Inflected forms

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          "english": "My mother's cuisine is very rich.",
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          "english": "with the city of Florence being in a great and powerful condition […] and its citizens well-off and wealthy",
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          "english": "This ointment is very greasy.",
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          "english": "Before showering, my hair was very greasy.",
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          "english": "My uncle usually tells licentious little stories.",
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          "ref": "1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata sesta, Novella IV [Sixth Day, Fourth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 164",
          "text": "Il quale con un ſuo falcone havendo un di […] una gru ammazzata trovandola graſſa e giovane, quella mandò ad un ſuo buon cuoco",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adiposo"
        },
        {
          "word": "pingue"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "magro"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When I eat meat, I prefer it to be fatty.",
          "text": "Quando mangio della carne, la preferisco grassa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fatty, greasy (containing fat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatty",
          "fatty"
        ],
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "succulent (of plants)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "succulent",
          "succulent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) succulent (of plants)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "digeribile"
        },
        {
          "word": "leggero"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My mother's cuisine is very rich.",
          "text": "La cucina di mia madre è molto grassa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rich, abundant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ],
        [
          "abundant",
          "abundant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) rich, abundant"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "condito"
        },
        {
          "word": "pesante"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "svantaggioso"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He made some advantageous promises.",
          "text": "Mi ha fatto delle grasse promesse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "useful, advantageous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "advantageous",
          "advantageous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) useful, advantageous"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "produttivo"
        },
        {
          "word": "ricco"
        },
        {
          "word": "utile"
        },
        {
          "word": "vantaggioso"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bisognoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "disagiato"
        },
        {
          "word": "indigente"
        },
        {
          "word": "misero"
        },
        {
          "word": "nullatenente"
        },
        {
          "word": "povero"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XVI, page 293, lines 112–114",
          "text": "Così facieno i padri di coloro ¶ che, sempre che la vostra chiesa vaca, ¶ si fanno grassi stando a consistoro.\nSo likewise did the ancestors of those ¶ who evermore, when vacant is your church, ¶ get fat by staying in consistory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "with the city of Florence being in a great and powerful condition […] and its citizens well-off and wealthy",
          "ref": "1841, Giovanni Villani, Cronache di Dino Compagni, e di Giovanni, Matteo e Filippo Villani, volume 1, Padua, Book 8, Chapter 1, page 169",
          "text": "essendo la città di Firenze in grande e possente stato […] e' cittadini di quella grassi e ricchi",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well-off, well-to-do (of a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well-off",
          "well-off"
        ],
        [
          "well-to-do",
          "well-to-do"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) well-off, well-to-do (of a person)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abbiente"
        },
        {
          "word": "agiato"
        },
        {
          "word": "benestante"
        },
        {
          "word": "facoltoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "ricco"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asciutto"
        },
        {
          "word": "secco"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This ointment is very greasy.",
          "text": "Questa pomata è molto grassa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy consistence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatty",
          "fatty"
        ],
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ],
        [
          "unctuous",
          "unctuous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "denso"
        },
        {
          "word": "oleoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "unto"
        },
        {
          "word": "untuoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "vischioso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Dal volto rimovea quell'aere grasso ¶ menando la sinistra innanzi spesso; ¶ e sol di quell'angoscia parea lasso.\nFrom 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thick (of air)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thick",
          "thick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) thick (of air)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spesso"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asciutto"
        },
        {
          "word": "secco"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Before showering, my hair was very greasy.",
          "text": "Prima di fare la doccia, avevo dei capelli molto grassi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fatty, greasy, unctuous (having a greasy surface)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatty",
          "fatty"
        ],
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ],
        [
          "unctuous",
          "unctuous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "oleoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "unto"
        },
        {
          "word": "untuoso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "castigato"
        },
        {
          "word": "casto"
        },
        {
          "word": "irreprensibile"
        },
        {
          "word": "pudico"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "My uncle usually tells licentious little stories.",
          "text": "Mio zio è solito raccontare storielle grasse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "licentious, raunchy, vulgar (of a way of speaking)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "licentious",
          "licentious"
        ],
        [
          "raunchy",
          "raunchy"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) licentious, raunchy, vulgar (of a way of speaking)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grossolano"
        },
        {
          "word": "lascivo"
        },
        {
          "word": "licenzioso"
        },
        {
          "word": "osceno"
        },
        {
          "word": "sboccato"
        },
        {
          "word": "spinto"
        },
        {
          "word": "triviale"
        },
        {
          "word": "volgare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡras.so/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grasso"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian doublets",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Italian/asso",
    "Rhymes:Italian/asso/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "grassamente"
    },
    {
      "english": "blubber",
      "word": "grasso di balena"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingrassare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*grassus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *grassus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "crassus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin crassus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "crasso"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of crasso",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus. Doublet of crasso.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grassi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "grasso m (plural grassi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gràs‧so"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fat (animal tissue)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fat",
          "fat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any greasy substance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greasy",
          "greasy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) any greasy substance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the concavity of a sail under the effect of the wind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "concavity",
          "concavity"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) the concavity of a sail under the effect of the wind"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡras.so/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grasso"
}

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