besta

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See also: bêsta, bestå, and bésta

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aː

Verb

besta

  1. inflection of bestaan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive
    3. imperative

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Galician

bestas bravas ("wild horses") in Galicia

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese besta, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

besta f (plural bestas)

  1. beast (quadruped animal)
  2. horse or any other equine
    • 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
      pelas bestas de caualgar et carrega
      for the animals for riding or for carrying load
    • 1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:
      Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.
      They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.
  3. mount
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Virés acò meu Dieguiño
      cando ò tempo milloràr,
      porqe si escorrega á Besta
      è esbarroufàs, alabay.
      You'll come here my little Diego
      when the weather improves
      because if the mount slips
      and you sprawl, here goes nothing!
  4. mare
    Synonym: egua
  5. (figuratively) brute
    Synonym: bruto
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

besta f (plural bestas)

  1. Misspelling of bésta.

References

  • “besta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “besta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “besta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “besta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “besta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

besta f (definite singular besta, indefinite plural bester or bestor, definite plural bestene or bestone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of beste f
  2. definite singular of beste f

Etymology 2

Verb

besta (present tense bestar or bester, past tense besta or beste, supine and past participle besta or best, present participle bestande, imperative best)

  1. Alternative spelling of beste

Etymology 3

Adjective

besta

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) neuter definite singular of best

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

besta f

  1. beast (a non-human animal, especially large vertebrate quadrupeds)
  2. beast of burden, donkey

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Galician: besta
  • Portuguese: besta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese besta, probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of bicha.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Noun

besta f (plural bestas)

  1. beast (any large animal)
  2. beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo)
  3. ass (any of several species of horse-like animals)
  4. (derogatory) fool; idiot (stupid person)
  5. (euphemistic) the Beast; Satan
  6. (by extension) a monster
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Adjective

besta m or f (plural bestas)

  1. (derogatory) idiotic, stupid
  2. astonished, speechless (extremely surprised)
    Synonyms: estupefato, pasmo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”), from Latin bālista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛs.tɐ/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbes.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbɛʃ.tɐ/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbeʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛs.ta/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbes.ta/

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Noun

besta f (plural bestas)

  1. crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock)
Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Verb

besta

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