cresta
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EtymologyEdit
Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre, present active infinitive of castrō through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.
VerbEdit
a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conj.
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of cresta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| 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 | |||||
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EtymologyEdit
From Latin crista. Doublet of crista.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cresta f (plural crestas)
- comb (of a chicken or other bird)
- crest (of an animal)
- sharp peaks (of a mountain)
- ridge (of a wave)
- Mohawk hairstyle
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cresta
- (Chile) shit (failure)