besta
Dutch edit
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besta
- inflection of bestaan:
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Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese besta, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).
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Noun edit
besta f (plural bestas)
- beast (quadruped animal)
- horse or any other equine
- 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
- pelas bestas de caualgar et carrega
- for the animals [used] for riding or for carrying load
- 1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:
- Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.
- They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.
- mount
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Virés acò meu Dieguiño
cando ò tempo milloràr,
porqe si escorrega á Besta
è esbarroufàs, alabay.- You'll come here my little Diego
when the weather improves
because if the mount slips
and you sprawl, here goes nothing!
- You'll come here my little Diego
- mare
- Synonym: egua
- (figuratively) brute
- Synonym: bruto
Derived terms edit
- besta brava (“wild horse”)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
besta f (plural bestas)
- Misspelling of bésta.
References edit
- “besta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “besta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “besta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “besta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “besta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
besta f (definite singular besta, indefinite plural bester or bestor, definite plural bestene or bestone)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
besta (present tense bestar or bester, past tense besta or beste, supine and past participle besta or best, present participle bestande, imperative best)
- Alternative spelling of beste
Etymology 3 edit
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besta
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
besta f
- beast (a non-human animal, especially large vertebrate quadrupeds)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 124 (facsimile):
- aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren.
- Neither bird nor beast would eat him for anything.
- aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren.
- beast of burden, donkey
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 147 (facsimile):
- a beſtia de balaam
- Balaam's donkey
- a beſtia de balaam
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Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese besta, probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of bicha.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bes‧ta
Noun edit
besta f (plural bestas)
- beast (any large animal)
- beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo)
- ass (any of several species of horse-like animals)
- (derogatory) fool; idiot (stupid person)
- (euphemistic) the Beast; Satan
- (by extension) a monster
Synonyms edit
- (beast): animal, bicho, vertebrado, quadrúpede, fera
- (beast of burden): besta-de-carga
- (ass): asno, burro, jumento
- (fool): tongo, burro, jumento, estúpido, idiota, bestalhão, paspalhão, tonto, abestado
- (Satan): Satã, demónio, Diabo, Satanás
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Adjective edit
besta m or f (plural bestas)
- (derogatory) idiotic, stupid
- astonished, speechless (extremely surprised)
- Synonyms: estupefato, pasmo
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”), from Latin bālista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bes‧ta
Noun edit
besta f (plural bestas)
- crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock)
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bes‧ta
Verb edit
besta
- inflection of bestar: