Meaning
cooked; done
- cooked and ready to eat
- done enough in cooking, not raw
In a sentence
Il riso è cotto e pronto.
The rice is cooked and ready.
La carne è ben cotta?
Is the meat well cooked?
Questo pesce non è ancora cotto.
This fish is not cooked yet.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cotto | masculine · singular |
| cotta | feminine · singular |
| cotti | masculine · plural |
| cotte | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Used mainly for food: pasta cotta, carne ben cotta.
- Opposite of crudo in cooking contexts.
- Agree with the noun: cotto, cotta, cotti, cotte.