placa

Borrowed from French plaque.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpla.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpla.ka]

placa f (plural plaques)

1. plate
2. (biology) plaque

• “placa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate
2. sign
3. tectonic plate

placa

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

plācā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plācō

• "placa", 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)

From French plaque (“plaque, plate”), from Dutch placke, from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: pla‧ca

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate (a flat metallic object)
2. street sign
3. (dentistry) dental plaque
4. (Brazil) license plate
5. (electronics) circuit board
6. (seismology) tectonic plate

• (plate): chapa, lâmina
• (dental plaque): placa dentária
• (license plate): chapa (Portugal)
• (circuit board): placa de circuito
• (tectonic plate): placa tectónica

• emplacado
• emplacamento
• emplacar

placa

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

Borrowed from French plaquer.

a placa (third-person singular present plachează, past participle placat) 1st conjugation

1. to plate

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaka/ [ˈpla.ka]

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pla‧ca

Borrowed from French plaque.

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate
2. shield, sign
3. badge
4. choppers (artificial teeth)

   Synonyms: dentadura postiza, dentadura

5. (geology) plate
6. (dentistry) tartar
7. a game played in the Dominican Republic which is similar to cricket

   Synonym: plaquita

8. (electronics) board

   placa madre ― motherboard

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

placa

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

• “placa”, 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