Italian

Noun

asso m ‎(plural assi)

1. ace (all senses)
2. (dice games, dominoes) A piece or side having a single dot

Anagrams

• ossa

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

Latin

Etymology

From assus ‎(“roasted”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.soː/

Verb

assō ‎(present infinitive assāre, perfect active assāvī, supine assātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I roast, broil.

Inflection

Derived terms

• assārius
• assātūra

Descendants

• Galician: asar
• Portuguese: assar
• Spanish: asar

Related terms

• assus

References

• asso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “asso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.su/
• Homophone: aço

Verb

asso

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of assar

   Eu asso isso.

   I roast this.