malta

From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier.

malta (uncountable)

1. A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
   • 2016, Marion E. Currier, Linked:

     I toasted him with my glass of malta.

• Malta (soft drink) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• talma, tamal

malta

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

Borrowed from Italian malta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

malta f (relational adjective maltový)

1. mortar (mixture used for bonding bricks and stones)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mal‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): mal‧ta

< Malta

malta

1. The Maltese language.

• The Finnish usage is changing with respect to the Maltese. The preferred term has until recently been maltan kieli, but at least the European Union is using malta. The development is logical, since this is the normal way to form names of languages in Finnish.

• maltan kieli

• maltalainen
• maltankielinen
• Malta

malta

1. inflection of malttaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• lamat, malat

malta

1. third-person singular past historic of malter

• lamât

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: màl‧ta

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

malta f (plural malte)

1. mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)

• → Czech: malta
• → Slovak: malta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

malta

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

Unknown. Possibly related to Malta.

• Rhymes: -altɐ, -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: mal‧ta

malta f (plural maltas)

1. (collective, derogatory) a group of troublemakers or vagabonds; rabble

   Synonyms: cambada, canalha, corja, choldra, patuleia, súcia

2. (collective) crowd, group

   Synonyms: gente, multidão

   • 1899, Coelho Neto, “XIV”, in A Conquista:

     Todos os jornais abolicionistas anunciaram e, no dia aprazado, à tarde, um homem misterioso apareceu na redação para prevenir o intrépido jornalista: "que uma grande malta estava assalariada para invadir o teatro no momento em que o primeiro orador aparecesse na tribuna".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. farm workers, especially those working seasonally

• maltês

malta

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

Borrowed from Italian malta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

malta f (relational adjective maltový, diminutive maltička)

1. mortar

• “malta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from English malt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: mal‧ta

malta f (plural maltas)

1. malt
2. malta

• → English: malta

• “malta”, 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