cometa

Catalan

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Noun

cometa m (plural cometes)

1. comet

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Galician

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. comet

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Italian

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Noun

cometa f (plural comete)

1. comet

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Latin

Noun

comēta (genitive comētae); f, first declension

1. Alternative form of comētēs.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	comēta	comētae
genitive	comētae	comētārum
dative	comētae	comētīs
accusative	comētam	comētās
ablative	comētā	comētīs
vocative	comēta	comētae

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ta
• (Brazil) IPA: /ko.ˈme.ta/, /ko.ˈme.tɐ/

Etymology 1

From Latin cometa, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komētēs, “long-haired”).

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. (astronomy) comet (celestial body with a “tail” of matter)

Related terms

• cometário
• cometologia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cometer (“to commit”).

Verb

cometa

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cometer
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of cometer
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cometer
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cometer

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ko̞ˈme̞.ta̠]

Etymology 1

From Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komētēs, “longhaired”), referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (komē, “hair”).

Noun

cometa m (plural cometas)

1. (astronomy) comet

cometa f (plural cometas)

1. kite

Etymology 2

See cometer

Verb

cometa (infinitive cometer)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cometer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cometer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cometer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cometer.