pesto
Spanish, noun/ˈpesto/
pesto is spelled P-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pesto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condimento o salsa típica y originaria de la Liguria (Italia). Su ingrediente principal es la albahaca…”.
What does pesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepesto
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condimento o salsa típica y originaria de la Liguria (Italia). Su ingrediente principal es la albahaca (Ocimum basilicum).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pesto
- pestos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesto?
- /ˈpesto/
- [ˈpes.t̪o]
- [ˈpest̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pesto in Spanish?
pesto appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).