っといても after a verb

Question

What does っといても mean after a verb, I've seen it several times. I'm guessing it's a slang form or a shortened form? I know that ても means "even if" (roughly), and I've seen って a lot so wasn't sure if it's some slang form of that?

Sentence:

冬なら生の塩漬け肉を外にほっぽっといても

Thanks.

Answer 1

Here's the breakdown:

• ほっぽる: a colloquial godan verb that in this context means "to leave (alone)"
• ほっぽって: the te-form of ほっぽる
• ほっぽっておく: the te-form followed by the subsidiary verb おく, which means "to do something for the time being" here. See this question or this article.
• ほっぽっとく: the contracted form of ほっぽっておく. See this answer.
• ほっぽっといても: the temo-form of above, which adds the meaning of "even if" (-ておく/-とく conjugates like a godan verb)

So 外にほっぽっといても (or 外にほっぽっておいても) means "even if you leave (it) out in the open (for some time)".