Meaning
toast, roast
- to toast (bread, nuts) or roast (coffee beans) using dry heat
In a sentence
Fai tostare il pane finché non diventa dorato e croccante.
Toast the bread until it turns golden and crunchy.
Prima di preparare il sugo, tosta leggermente i pinoli.
Before making the sauce, lightly toast the pine nuts.
Questa torrefazione tosta chicchi di caffè provenienti da tutto il mondo.
This roasting facility roasts coffee beans from all over the world.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tostare | infinitive |
| tosto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| tosti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tosta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tostiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| tostate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tostano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tostavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tostavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tostava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tostavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tostavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tostavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tostai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| tostasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| tostò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| tostammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| tostaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| tostarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tosterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tosterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tosterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tosteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tosterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tosteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| tosti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| tosti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tosti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tostiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| tostiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tostino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tostassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| tostassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| tostasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| tostassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| tostaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| tostassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tosterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tosteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tosterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tosteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| tostereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tosterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tosta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| tostiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| tostate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| tostando | gerund |
| tostato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with avere.
- Used for both toasting bread and roasting coffee or nuts.