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 losing 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 used 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!

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ta]
• cata: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.t̪a]
• catā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.taː]
• catā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.t̪a]

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.‎^[1], 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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cata”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cata” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

Deverbal from catar.

cata f (plural catas)

1. tasting

   cata de vinos ― winetasting

2. bite, sample

Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.

cata f (plural catas)

1. (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar

   Synonyms: periquito, cata australiana

• cotorra
• perico

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024