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casta

See also: Casta and ĉasta

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish casta.

Noun

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casta (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites in Hispanic America during the eighteenth century.
    • 2012, Mary Jo Maynes, Ann Waltner, The Family: A World History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
      Both of these political developments called attention to family lineage. In the Mexican colonial context, casta took on new meanings, referring to all the people of Mexico who were not of “pure” Spanish heritage.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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casta f (plural castes)

  1. race, breed
  2. type, kind
    Synonym: mena
  3. caste

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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casta

  1. feminine singular of cast

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), compare English cast.[1] Alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkasta/ [ˈkɑs̺.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Hyphenation: cas‧ta

Noun

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casta f (plural castas)

  1. species, race or kind
    • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
      ben dicen alí que cando un home ten un bocado, nunca lle marran amigos. Dou ó Demo a casta deles Si non sirven para máis.
      wisely they say that a man which has food never is short of friends. I send to hell their kind if they are good for nothing else
  2. quality
  3. lineage, progeny, offspring, group of people who share the same ancestors
  4. caste (hereditary class)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “casta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Irish

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Participle

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casta

  1. past participle of cas

Adjective

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casta

  1. twisted, wound
  2. complicated, intricate, involved
  3. gnarled, bent, wizened

Declension

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Declension of casta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative casta chasta casta;
chasta²
Vocative chasta casta
Genitive casta casta casta
Dative casta;
chasta¹ 		chasta casta;
chasta²
Comparative níos casta
Superlative is casta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Noun

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casta m sg

  1. genitive singular of casadh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
casta chasta gcasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese casta or Spanish casta, probably of Gothic and Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.sta/
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Hyphenation: cà‧sta

Noun

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casta f (plural caste)

  1. caste
  2. establishment; the exclusive class of powerful people thought to really rule Italy

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Adjective

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casta f sg

  1. feminine singular of casto (“chaste”)

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta/, [ˈkäs̠t̪ä]

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casta

  1. inflection of castus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

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castā

  1. ablative feminine singular of castus

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cas‧ta

Etymology 1

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Uncertain, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”) (from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

Noun

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casta f (plural castas)

  1. bloodline; lineage
    Synonyms: linhagem, sangue
  2. breed; race
    Synonym: raça
  3. species
  4. caste (hereditary social classes)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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casta

  1. feminine singular of casto

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkasta/ [ˈkas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: cas‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

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casta f (plural castas)

  1. caste
  2. lineage (of a person)
    Synonym: linaje
  3. breed (of an animal)
    Synonym: raza
  4. (Spain, Argentina) establishment (the exclusive class of powerful people thought to really rule the country)
    Synonym: casta política
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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casta

  1. feminine singular of casto

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ El diccionario de Podemos: los conceptos fetiche del partido, desde la 'casta' a los 'círculos'
  2. ^ El concepto ‘casta’, de Manuel Azaña a Hermann Terstch
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