profeta

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta m or f (plural profetes)

1. prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)

Borrowed from Latin prophēta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈfe.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetes)

1. prophet

• “profeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

From profeto +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /proˈfeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta (accusative singular profetan, plural profetaj, accusative plural profetajn)

1. prophetic

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

• profecía

• “profeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Spanish profeta, from Latin prophēta.

profeta

1. prophet

• IPA^(key): /proˈfɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fè‧ta

From Latin prophēta.

profeta m (plural profeti, feminine profetessa)

1. prophet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

profeta

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

• prefato

• propheta

Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

profeta m (plural profetas)

1. prophet

• Galician: profeta
• Portuguese: profeta

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pro@?eta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “profeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

• Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛtɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

profeta m or f (plural profetas)

1. (Madeira, informal) of, from or relating to Porto Santo

   Synonym: porto-santense

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetas)

1. (Madeira, informal) native or inhabitant of Porto Santo

   Synonym: porto-santense

• propheta (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ta

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

• → Cebuano: propeta
• → Classical Nahuatl: propheta
• → Tagalog: propeta, pulupeta

• “profeta”, 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