cresta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crista.

Noun

cresta f (plural creste)

1. crest
2. comb (of a chicken etc)
3. ridge (of a mountain)

Anagrams

• tresca

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• încresta

Etymology

Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre, present active infinitive of castrō through metathesis. Compare Portuguese crestar. See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, cf. Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.

Verb

a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conj.

1. to cut
2. to notch
3. to make incisions

Conjugation

    conjugation of cresta (First conjugation)

infinitive			a cresta
gerund			crestând
past participle			crestat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	crestez	crestezi	crestează	crestăm	crestați	crestează
	imperfect	crestam	crestai	cresta	crestam	crestați	crestau
	simple perfect	crestai	crestași	crestă	crestarăm	crestarăți	crestară
	pluperfect	crestasem	crestaseși	crestase	crestaserăm	crestaserăți	crestaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să crestez	să crestezi	să cresteze	să crestăm	să crestați	să cresteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		crestează			crestați
	negative		nu cresta			nu crestați

Derived terms

• crestătură
• crestare

See also

• castra

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crista.

Noun

cresta f (plural crestas)

1. Comb (of a chicken or other bird)
2. crest (of an animal)
3. Sharp peaks (of a mountain)
4. ridge (of a wave).
5. Mohawk hairstyle.

Derived terms

• descrestar
• sacar la cresta

Synonyms

(hairstyle): mohicano, iro

Interjection

cresta

1. (Chile) shit (failure)

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Portuguese

Verb

cresta

1. third-person singular present indicative of crestar
2. second-person singular imperative of crestar