pretexta
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈtes.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾeˈteʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈtes.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈtejʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈteʃ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -estɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjʃtɐ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin (toga) praetexta.
Noun
pretexta f (plural pretextas)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) praetexta (white robe)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pretexta
- inflection of pretextar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “pretexta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “pretexta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French prétexter.
Verb
a pretexta (third-person singular present pretextează, past participle pretextat) 1st conjugation
- to give as an excuse
Conjugation
conjugation of pretexta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a pretexta | ||||||
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gerund | pretextând | ||||||
past participle | pretextat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | pretextez | pretextezi | pretextează | pretextăm | pretextați | pretextează | |
imperfect | pretextam | pretextai | pretexta | pretextam | pretextați | pretextau | |
simple perfect | pretextai | pretextași | pretextă | pretextarăm | pretextarăți | pretextară | |
pluperfect | pretextasem | pretextaseși | pretextase | pretextaserăm | pretextaserăți | pretextaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să pretextez | să pretextezi | să pretexteze | să pretextăm | să pretextați | să pretexteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | pretextează | pretextați | |||||
negative | nu pretexta | nu pretextați |
Spanish
Verb
pretexta
- inflection of pretextar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative