gota

See also: gôta, Gōta, Göta, and gøta

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Noun

gota f (plural gotes)

1. drop (small mass of liquid)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan gota (compare Occitan gota), from Latin gutta (compare French goutte, Spanish gota).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.ta/

Noun

gota f (plural gotes)

1. A drop (a small spheroid or amount of liquid)
2. (architecture) A gutta.
3. (heraldry) A goutte.
4. (pathology) Gout.

Derived terms

• goteta
• ni gota (nothing)

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Finnish

Noun

gota

1. Partitive singular form of go.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gota, from Latin gutta.

Noun

gota f (plural gotas)

1. drop, droplet

Synonyms

• (drop): pinga

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gauta, of Gaulish origin.

Noun

gota f (plural gote)

1. cheek (human or meat-animal), jowl

Adjective

gota

1. feminine singular of goto

Anagrams

• toga

References

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish gota, from Latin gutta.

Noun

gota f (Latin spelling, plural gotas)

1. drop

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan gota, from Latin gutta.

Noun

gota f (plural gotas)

1. drop (small amount of a liquid)

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Noun

gota f (oblique plural gotas, nominative singular gota, nominative plural gotas)

1. drop (small amount of a liquid)
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Conortz, era sai eu be:

     gota d'aiga que chai

     [a] drop of water that falls

Descendants

• Catalan: gota
• Occitan: gota

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Portuguese

uma gota

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese gota, from Latin gutta.

Alternative forms

• gôta, gotta, gôtta (all obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: go‧ta

Noun

gota f (plural gotas)

1. drop (small mass of liquid)
2. (pathology, uncountable) gout (disease characterised by acute inflammatory arthritis)

Synonyms

• (drop): pingo

Derived terms

• gotinha, gotazinha (diminutives)
• gotona (augmentative)
• pseudogota

Related terms

• gotejar
• guta
• esgotar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.tɐ/

Verb

gota

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of gotar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of gotar

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Shabo

Verb

gota

1. (transitive) to burn

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish gota, from Latin gutta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡota/, [ˈɡot̪a]

Noun

gota f (plural gotas)

1. a drop or small amount of
2. gout
3. (heraldry) goutte

Derived terms

• gotita
• gotear
• gotera

Further reading

• “gota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.