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grasso

fat

noun adjective GRAHS-soh Less Common

Origin: from Latin grassus

Also means

grease

Usage Note

Grasso is both the noun for fat or grease and the adjective 'fat', feminine grassa, plural grassi. Calling a person grasso is blunt, so in carne ('plump') softens it; martedì grasso is 'Shrove Tuesday'.

Examples

"Questo formaggio è troppo grasso."

Natural Translation

This cheese is too fatty.

Literal Translation

This cheese is too fat.

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