Also means
grease
Usage Note
Grasso is both the noun for fat or grease and the adjective 'fat', feminine grassa, plural grassi. Calling a person grasso is blunt, so in carne ('plump') softens it; martedì grasso is 'Shrove Tuesday'.
Examples
"Questo formaggio è troppo grasso."
Natural Translation
This cheese is too fatty.
Literal Translation
This cheese is too fat.

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