preta
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preta (plural pretas)
- A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
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a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Etymology edit
From French prêt, ultimately from Latin praestō (“ready, present, at hand”, adverb). Compare Italian presto.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
preta (accusative singular pretan, plural pretaj, accusative plural pretajn)
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preta (intransitive)
- to burst
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Neapolitan edit
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Noun edit
preta f (plural prete)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1674: “butta via queste pietre!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “preta”, in Schedario Napoletano
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pre‧ta
Adjective edit
preta
Noun edit
preta f (plural pretas)
- female equivalent of preto
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a preta (third-person singular present pretează, past participle pretat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of preta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a preta | ||||||
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gerund | pretând | ||||||
past participle | pretat | ||||||
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 | pretez | pretezi | pretează | pretăm | pretați | pretează | |
imperfect | pretam | pretai | preta | pretam | pretați | pretau | |
simple perfect | pretai | pretași | pretă | pretarăm | pretarăți | pretară | |
pluperfect | pretasem | pretaseși | pretase | pretaserăm | pretaserăți | pretaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să pretez | să pretezi | să preteze | să pretăm | să pretați | să preteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | pretează | pretați | |||||
negative | nu preta | nu pretați |