English Translation
Do you have a crush on her?
Can someone explain by which strange ethymology something which was orginially an underwear in Latin, got this meaning?
Or is it somehow related to “baked”?
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Hi. It means “Do you fancy her?” “Do you have a thing for her?” “Are you attracted to her?” but mainly - “Do you like her a lot!?” I have no idea how it evolved and it is probably a little old-fashioned nowadays but ok in Italian.
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It’s a figurative expression related to baked. Cotta is from cotto, which is the past participle of cuocere. Here’s an excerpt from Treccani: “2. fig. a. Ubriacatura, o anche forte e improvviso innamoramento, nelle frasi prendere, pigliare, avere una cotta.” The beginning translates as “Drunkenness, or even strong and sudden falling in love…” See còtta¹ in Vocabolario - Treccani
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