chita
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Saint Dominican Creole French sitta, from French assieds-toi (“sit down”, imperative, second person singular). Compare Louisiana Creole assite, Cajun French assir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chita
See also edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English cheetah,[1] from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”),[2] ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: chi‧ta
Noun edit
chita f (plural chitas)
- cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Synonym: guepardo
References edit
- ^ “chita” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “chita” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chita m (plural chitas)
- (zoology) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Synonym: guepardo
Further reading edit
- “chita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014