tostado

/tosˈtado/ · B2 · adj

toasted

🍞 tostado = toast + -ado, like English toasted: bread browned by heat

Spanish tostar comes from Latin tostus, meaning parched or roasted. English toast comes from the same root. Anything browned by heat is tostado: bread, nuts, or sun-tanned skin, which is why the word also means tanned or dark brown.

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