cata

cata

1. third-person singular present indicative of catar
2. second-person singular imperative of catar

cata

1. to hate, loathe, detest
2. to dislike

Clipping of catastrophe.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta/

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cata f (plural catas)

1. (informal) disaster

• “cata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Back-formation from catar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑtɐ]

cata m (plural catas)

1. search; hunt
2. tasting

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑtɐ]

cata

1. inflection of catar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

cata

1. (dated) watch out, look, beware

   Synonym: catá

   • 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:

     Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.

     Oh, Xan, look, don't get sick, or sentence with malice; watch out, because you are loosing the soul

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Dime algùnha còusa dòce
     como habes doito, é catá,
     que si así no no fazèdes,
     me escatìmo, évelo hàs.
     Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
     como estas cousas se fàn,
     è madia tendes, senon
     eu êime de encabuxar.

     Tell me something sweet
     As you use to, but beware,
     if you don't do it like that
     I'll take offence, you'll see.
     You know well, it could not be otherwise,
     how these things are done,
     no doubt about it, or else
     I'll get angry

   • 2005, Hixinio Puentes, Aguillóns do Ortegal, page 271:

     Eu apureime a meter unha tallada de roscón na boca para non ter que brindar con eles por unha causa que se me facía odiosa. Máis dun botoume unha ollada de esguello pero disimulei facendome o distraído. ¡Cata que xa as pagaredes todas xuntas!

     I hurried to put a serving of cake in my mouth, so I don't have to toast with them for a cause that was hateful to me. More than one gazed at me askance, but I dissembled playing the distracted one. Take care, you'll pay them all together!

• “cata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Borrowed from English charter.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃáː.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃáː.tàː]

cātā̀ f (possessed form cātàr̃)

1. charter

cata

1. (quantifying) each, every

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt̪ˠə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkat̪ˠə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊt̪ˠə/

cata m pl

1. vocative plural of cat

• cata: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkät̪ä]
• cata: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkäːt̪ä]
• catā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.taː/, [ˈkät̪äː]
• catā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkäːt̪ä]

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

cata (+ accusative) (Late Latin)

1. by (in the distributive sense)
2. according to

   Synonym: secundum

   • c. 4th century (copied 9th century), Codex Gatianus (VL 30), folio 52^r:

     Euangeliu[m] cata Lucam

     The Gospel according to Luke

3. among, near

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cata

1. inflection of catus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

catā

1. ablative feminine singular of catus

• “cata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Souter, Alexander (1949) “cata”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, pages 41–42

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta

Deverbal from catar.

cata f (plural catas)

1. search

   Synonyms: pesquisa, busca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cata

1. inflection of catar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cata” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “cata” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “cata” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cata” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “cata” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “cata” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ca‧ta

Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.

cata f (plural catas)

1. (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar

   Synonyms: periquito, cata australiana

• cotorra
• perico

Deverbal from catar.

cata f (plural catas)

1. tasting

   cata de vinos ― winetasting

2. bite, sample

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cata

1. inflection of catar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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