cresta

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin crista.

Pronunciation

Noun

cresta f (plural crestes)

  1. comb, crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles)
  2. crest (the ridge or top of a wave)

Derived terms

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin crista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Hyphenation: cré‧sta

Noun

cresta f (plural creste)

  1. crest
  2. comb (of a chicken etc.)
  3. ridge (of a mountain)
  4. Mohawk hairstyle

Anagrams

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

cresta f (plural crestas)

  1. crest, ridge

Portuguese

Verb

cresta

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.

Verb

a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conjugation

  1. to cut
  2. to notch
  3. to make incisions

Conjugation

    conjugation of cresta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a cresta
gerund crestând
past participle crestat
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 crestez crestezi crestează crestăm crestați crestează
imperfect crestam crestai cresta crestam crestați crestau
simple perfect crestai crestași crestă crestarăm crestarăți crestară
pluperfect crestasem crestaseși crestase crestaserăm crestaserăți crestaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să crestez să crestezi să cresteze să crestăm să crestați să cresteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative crestează crestați
negative nu cresta nu crestați

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.

Pronunciation

Noun

cresta f (plural crestas)

  1. comb (of a chicken or other bird)
  2. crest (of an animal)
  3. sharp peaks (of a mountain)
  4. ridge (of a wave)
  5. Mohawk hairstyle
    Synonyms: mohicano, iro

Derived terms

Interjection

cresta

  1. (Chile) shit (failure)

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