a vista

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See also: avista and avistá

Italian

Etymology

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Adjective

a vista (invariable)

  1. without instruments (flight)
  2. (relational) demand, sight; at sight, on demand
  3. visible, exposed

Adverb

a vista

  1. without instruments (flight)
  2. on sight (shooting)
  3. at sight, on demand

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: a vista

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian a vista (at sight), first part from Italian a (in, at, to), in most cases from Latin ad (to, towards, up to, at), from Proto-Italic *ad (toward, to, on, up to, for), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (to, at), in certain cases, from Latin a (from, away from, out of), from ab (from, away from, out of, down from), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away). Last part from Italian vista (sight, vision), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (looking; sight), perfect passive participle of videō (I see, perceive), from Proto-Italic *widēō (see), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈʋɪsta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta
  • Hyphenation: a‧vis‧ta

Adverb

a vista

  1. (economics) upon showing, upon presentation
    betalbar a vista
    payable upon presentation
  2. (music) shortening of prima vista or a prima vista (without rehearsal)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian a vista. Doublet of avis.

Adverb

a vista

  1. (economics, rare) upon showing, upon presentation