tostar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• tustar

Verb

tostar

1. to fry

   Synonyms: frir, fritir, fritiar, respiñar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tostar

infinitive		tostar
gerund		tostando
past participle		m tostáu, f tostada, n tostao, m pl tostaos, f pl tostaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	tuesto	tuestes	tuesta	tostamos	tostáis	tuesten
	imperfect	tostaba	tostabes	tostaba	tostábemos, tostábamos	tostabeis, tostabais	tostaben
	preterite	tosté	tostasti, tostesti	tostó	tostemos	tostastis, tostestis	tostaron
	pluperfect	tostare, tostara	tostares, tostaras	tostare, tostara	tostáremos, tostáramos	tostareis, tostarais	tostaren, tostaran
	future	tostaré	tostarás	tostará	tostaremos	tostaréis	tostarán
	conditional	tostaría	tostaríes	tostaría	tostaríemos, tostaríamos	tostaríeis, tostaríais	tostaríen
subjunctive	present	tueste	tuestes, tuestas	tueste	tostemos	tostéis	tuesten, tuestan
	imperfect	tostare, tostara	tostares, tostaras	tostare, tostara	tostáremos, tostáramos	tostareis, tostarais	tostaren, tostaran
imperative		—	tuesta	—	—	tostái	—

Derived terms

• nin tostar nin moyar
• cazu tostar

Ido

Etymology

From tosto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tosˈtar/

Verb

tostar (present tostas, past tostis, future tostos, conditional tostus, imperative tostez)

1. (intransitive) to give a toast (to someone), to drink a friend’s health

Conjugation

Conjugation of tostar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tostar		tostir		tostor
tense		tostas		tostis		tostos
conditional		tostus		—		—
imperative		tostez		—		—
adjective active participle		tostanta		tostinta		tostonta
adverbial active participle		tostante		tostinte		tostonte
nominal active participle	singular	tostanto		tostinto		tostonto
	plural	tostanti		tostinti		tostonti

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔsˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠʌsˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Verb

tostar

1. inflection of tost:
   1. present indicative/subjunctive autonomous
   2. imperative autonomous

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin tostāre, from tostus, past participle of torreō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tosˈta(ʁ)/ [tosˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tosˈta(ʁ)/ [tosˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tosˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʃˈta(ʁ)/ [toʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tosˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tos‧tar

Verb

tostar (first-person singular present tosto, first-person singular preterite tostei, past participle tostado)

1. to toast (to lightly cook by browning over fire)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tostar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tostar
Personal	tostar	tostares	tostar	tostarmos	tostardes	tostarem
Gerund
	tostando
Past participle
Masculine	tostado			tostados
Feminine	tostada			tostadas
Indicative
Present	tosto	tostas	tosta	tostamos	tostais	tostam
Imperfect	tostava	tostavas	tostava	tostávamos	tostáveis	tostavam
Preterite	tostei	tostaste	tostou	tostamos1, tostámos2	tostastes	tostaram
Pluperfect	tostara	tostaras	tostara	tostáramos	tostáreis	tostaram
Future	tostarei	tostarás	tostará	tostaremos	tostareis	tostarão
Conditional	tostaria	tostarias	tostaria	tostaríamos	tostaríeis	tostariam
Subjunctive
Present	toste	tostes	toste	tostemos	tosteis	tostem
Imperfect	tostasse	tostasses	tostasse	tostássemos	tostásseis	tostassem
Future	tostar	tostares	tostar	tostarmos	tostardes	tostarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tosta	toste	tostemos	tostai	tostem
Negative (não)		não tostes	não toste	não tostemos	não tosteis	não tostem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• torrar

Further reading

• “tostar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tostar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin tostāre, from tostus, past participle of torreō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tosˈtaɾ/ [t̪osˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tos‧tar

Verb

tostar (first-person singular present tuesto, first-person singular preterite tosté, past participle tostado)

1. to toast; to brown by cooking
2. to tan

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tostar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tostar
gerund			tostando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tostado		tostada
		plural		tostados		tostadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tuesto	tuestastú tostásvos	tuesta	tostamos	tostáis	tuestan
	imperfect	tostaba	tostabas	tostaba	tostábamos	tostabais	tostaban
	preterite	tosté	tostaste	tostó	tostamos	tostasteis	tostaron
	future	tostaré	tostarás	tostará	tostaremos	tostaréis	tostarán
	conditional	tostaría	tostarías	tostaría	tostaríamos	tostaríais	tostarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tueste	tuestestú tostésvos2	tueste	tostemos	tostéis	tuesten
	imperfect (ra)	tostara	tostaras	tostara	tostáramos	tostarais	tostaran
	imperfect (se)	tostase	tostases	tostase	tostásemos	tostaseis	tostasen
	future1	tostare	tostares	tostare	tostáremos	tostareis	tostaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tuestatú tostávos	tueste	tostemos	tostad	tuesten
	negative		no tuestes	no tueste	no tostemos	no tostéis	no tuesten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tostar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tostar	dative	tostarme	tostarte	tostarle, tostarse	tostarnos	tostaros	tostarles, tostarse
	accusative	tostarme	tostarte	tostarlo, tostarla, tostarse	tostarnos	tostaros	tostarlos, tostarlas, tostarse
with gerund tostando	dative	tostándome	tostándote	tostándole, tostándose	tostándonos	tostándoos	tostándoles, tostándose
	accusative	tostándome	tostándote	tostándolo, tostándola, tostándose	tostándonos	tostándoos	tostándolos, tostándolas, tostándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tuesta	dative	tuéstame	tuéstate	tuéstale	tuéstanos	not used	tuéstales
	accusative	tuéstame	tuéstate	tuéstalo, tuéstala	tuéstanos	not used	tuéstalos, tuéstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tostá	dative	tostame	tostate	tostale	tostanos	not used	tostales
	accusative	tostame	tostate	tostalo, tostala	tostanos	not used	tostalos, tostalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tueste	dative	tuésteme	not used	tuéstele, tuéstese	tuéstenos	not used	tuésteles
	accusative	tuésteme	not used	tuéstelo, tuéstela, tuéstese	tuéstenos	not used	tuéstelos, tuéstelas
with first-person plural imperative tostemos	dative	not used	tostémoste	tostémosle	tostémonos	tostémoos	tostémosles
	accusative	not used	tostémoste	tostémoslo, tostémosla	tostémonos	tostémoos	tostémoslos, tostémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tostad	dative	tostadme	not used	tostadle	tostadnos	tostaos	tostadles
	accusative	tostadme	not used	tostadlo, tostadla	tostadnos	tostaos	tostadlos, tostadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tuesten	dative	tuéstenme	not used	tuéstenle	tuéstennos	not used	tuéstenles, tuéstense
	accusative	tuéstenme	not used	tuéstenlo, tuéstenla	tuéstennos	not used	tuéstenlos, tuéstenlas, tuéstense

Derived terms

• tostación
• tostada
• tostadero
• tostado
• tostador
• tostadora
• tostadura

Further reading

• “tostar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10