Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Back-formation from quentar (to heat; to beat up).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

quenta f (plural quentas)

  1. admonishment, rebuke
  2. beating, bashing
    Synonym: malleira
    • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:
      Tu ven puderas calar,
      por que si o Demo te tènta,
      hache de dar unha quenta
      que te hà de por a pelar:
      Rather you should shut up
      because if the Devil tempts you
      he's going to give you a beating
      enough to peel you
  3. urgency, rush
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

quenta

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