cata
AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
cata
FijianEdit
VerbEdit
cata
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of catastrophe.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cata f (plural catas)
Further readingEdit
- “cata” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Back-formation from catar.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cata m (plural catas)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cata
- Third-person singular (el, ela, vostede?) present indicative of catar
- Second-person singular (ti) affirmative imperative of catar
InterjectionEdit
cata
- (dated) watch out, look, beware
- 1594, Anonymous, Entremés dos pastores:
- Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.
- Oh, Xan, look, don't get sick, or sentence with malice; watch out, because you are loosing the soul
- Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Dime algùnha còusa dòce
- como habes doito, é catá,
- que si así no no fazèdes,
- me escatìmo, évelo hàs.
- Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
- como estas cousas se fàn,
- è madia tendes, senon
- eu êime de encabuxar.
- Tell me something sweet
- As you use to, but beware,
- if you don't do it like that
- I'll take offence, you'll see.
- You know well, it could not be otherwise,
- how these things are done,
- no doubt about it, or else
- I'll get angry
- 2005, Hixinio Puentes, Aguillóns do Ortegal, page 271:
- Eu apureime a meter unha tallada de roscón na boca para non ter que brindar con eles por unha causa que se me facía odiosa. Máis dun botoume unha ollada de esguello pero disimulei facendome o distraído. ¡Cata que xa as pagaredes todas xuntas!
- I hurried to put a serving of cake in my mouth, so I don't have to toast with them for a cause that was hateful to me. More than one gazed at me askance, but I dissembled playing the distracted one. Take care, you'll pay them all together!
- Eu apureime a meter unha tallada de roscón na boca para non ter que brindar con eles por unha causa que se me facía odiosa. Máis dun botoume unha ollada de esguello pero disimulei facendome o distraído. ¡Cata que xa as pagaredes todas xuntas!
- Synonym: catá
- 1594, Anonymous, Entremés dos pastores:
ReferencesEdit
- “cata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
HausaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English charter.
NounEdit
cātā̀ f (possessed form cātàr̃)
InterlinguaEdit
DeterminerEdit
cata
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈkɑt̪ˠə/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkat̪ˠə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈkʊt̪ˠə/
NounEdit
cata m pl
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cata | chata | gcata |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek κατά (katá)
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
cata
- by (in the distributive sense)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Inflected form of catus
AdjectiveEdit
cata
- nominative feminine singular of catus
- nominative neuter plural of catus
- accusative neuter plural of catus
- vocative feminine singular of catus
- vocative neuter plural of catus
AdjectiveEdit
catā
ReferencesEdit
- cata in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
cata
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of catar
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of catar
SpanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.
NounEdit
cata f (plural catas)
- (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar
- Synonyms: periquito, cata australiana
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From the verb catar
NounEdit
cata f (plural catas)
VerbEdit
cata