frota

See also: frotá

Asturian

Verb

frota

1. inflection of frotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese frota (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɾɔtɐ]

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

1. fleet
   • 1702, Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Pois que sempre algún malsín:

     Toda â Frota vin arder,
     vin volto en Volcan ô mar,
     lume na agua encender,
     homes no Aire correr,
     leños no fogo nadar.

     All the fleet I saw burn,
     I saw, turned into Vulcan the sea,
     fires on the water light
     men in the air run
     logs in the fire swim

References

• “frota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “frota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “frota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “frota” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French flotte, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: fro‧ta

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

1. fleet

Spanish

Verb

frota

1. inflection of frotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative