scotto

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔt.to/, [ˈs̪kɔt̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: scòt‧to

From Latin excoctus, perfect passive participle of excoquō (“I boil; I melt”).

scotto (feminine singular scotta, masculine plural scotti, feminine plural scotte)

1. (chiefly of pasta and rice) overcooked, overdone

   Questi fusilli sono scotti. ― These fusilli are overdone.

• scottare
• scuocere

From Frankish *skott, *skatt (“tax”), from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“wealth; money”). Compare German Schatz (“treasure”).

scotto m (plural scotti) (archaic, literary)

1. The amount to pay for a meal in an inn or tavern.

   in tutte le terre passate non guadagnò soldi venti, che gli scotti gli erano costati più di cento novanta

   in all the lands he passed through, he wasn't able to earn twenty soldi, even, whereas his board had costed him over one hundred and ninety

2. (by extension) Any meal eaten in a place of lodging.

   Synonym: vitto

3. (figuratively) compensation

   Synonyms: compenso, contropartita

   pagare lo scotto [di qualcosa] ― to pay the price [for something]

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, lines 142–145, page 470:

     Alto fato di Dio sarebbe rotto, ¶ se Letè si passasse e tal vivanda ¶ fosse gustata sanza alcuno scotto ¶ di pentimento che lagrime spanda

     God's lofty fiat would be violated, if Lethe should be passed, and if such viands should tasted be, withouten any scot of penitence, that gushes forth in tears

Today only used in the set phrase “pagare lo scotto”:

pagare lo scotto [di qualcosa] ― to pay the price [for something]

See the etymology of the main entry.

scotto m (feminine singular scotta, masculine plural scotti, feminine plural scotte)

1. past participle of scuocere