frita

See also: fritá

English

Noun

frita (plural fritas)

  1. A kind of hamburger of Cuban origin, consisting of a seasoned ground beef and pork patty with chorizo or chorizo spices, topped with sauteed onions, served on a Cuban bread roll and garnished with julienned or shoestring potato fries.

Derived terms

Galician

Verb

frita

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fritir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (imperative frita, present tense fritar, passive fritas, simple past fritok, past participle fritatt, present participle fritakende)

  1. to exempt, excuse (fra / from)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • fritake, fritaka

Etymology

From fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (present tense fritek or fritar, past tense fritok, past participle friteke or fritatt, passive infinitive fritakast, present participle fritakande, imperative frita)

  1. to exempt, excuse (frå / from)

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾi.tɐ/

  • Hyphenation: fri‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

frita f (plural fritas)

  1. frit (fused mixture of materials used to make glass)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frita

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

frita

  1. feminine singular of frito

Participle

frita

  1. feminine singular of frito

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾita/ [ˈfɾi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: fri‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

frita f (plural fritas)

  1. (glassmaking) frit

Etymology 2

Adjective

frita f

  1. feminine singular of frito

Participle

frita f sg

  1. feminine singular of frito

Etymology 3

Verb

frita

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

Further reading

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

By surface analysis, fri +‎ ta.

Verb

frita (present fritar, preterite fritog, supine fritagit, imperative frita)

  1. rescue, free, liberate from captivity (by force)

Usage notes

Used to describe setting someone free against the will of those detaining them. For example, a legal rescue operation against kidnappers, or an illegal jailbreak operation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of frita (class 6 strong)
active passive
infinitive frita fritas
supine fritagit fritagits
imperative frita
imper. plural1 fritan
present past present past
indicative fritar fritog fritas fritogs
ind. plural1 frita fritogo fritas fritogos
subjunctive2 frita fritoge fritas fritoges
present participle fritagande
past participle fritagen

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of fritaga (class 6 strong, dated)
active passive
infinitive fritaga fritagas
supine fritagit fritagits
imperative fritag
imper. plural1 fritagen
present past present past
indicative fritager fritog fritages fritogs
ind. plural1 fritaga fritogo fritagas fritogos
subjunctive2 fritage fritoge fritages fritoges
present participle fritagande
past participle fritagen

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Further reading