plena
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)
- (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
- (music, countable) A song in this style
Etymology 2 edit
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plena
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plena f (plural plenes)
- (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
- (games) a game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
plena f sg
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěna, *pelena (“thin skin, thin fabric”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).[2]
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plena f
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References edit
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "plena" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
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Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Compare Latin plēnārius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)
- full, complete
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta[1]:
- De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.
- The earth is full of sin and misery.
Usage notes edit
-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.
Antonyms edit
- malplena (“empty”)
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Ido edit
Etymology edit
Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.
Adjective edit
plena
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Verb edit
plena
- present of plenar
- imperative of plenar
Latin edit
Adjective edit
plēna
- inflection of plēnus:
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plēnā
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plena
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Etymology 1 edit
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plena
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
plena f (plural plenas)
Etymology 3 edit
Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the Lesser Antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".
Noun edit
plena f (plural plenas)
- (Caribbean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas
- (by analogy, Panama) Dancehall music, Reggae en Español
- (by extension, Panama) A song, especially one that is catchy and/or personally preferred by the listener; a jam, a tune.
Further reading edit
- “pleno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014