flata

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See also: fläta

Latin

Verb

flātā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of flātō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

flata m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of flate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flata f

  1. definite singular of flate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French flatter.

Verb

a flata (third-person singular present flatează, past participle flatat) 1st conj.

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

    conjugation of flata (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a flata
gerund flatând
past participle flatat
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 flatez flatezi flatează flatăm flatați flatează
imperfect flatam flatai flata flatam flatați flatau
simple perfect flatai flatași flată flatarăm flatarăți flatară
pluperfect flatasem flataseși flatase flataserăm flataserăți flataseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să flatez să flatezi să flateze să flatăm să flatați să flateze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative flatează flatați
negative nu flata nu flatați

Swedish

Etymology

Recorded since at least the 1960s, where it occurs in Haldo Gibson's slang dictionary. Probably derived from flat (“flat”), alluding to an unwomanly body shape.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flata

  1. inflection of flat:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

flata c

  1. (colloquial) a female homosexual, a lesbo, a dyke
    Synonyms: lesbisk, (possibly offensive) lebb, homosexuell, gay
  2. a flat side (of something), a flat
    Synonym: (side) flatsida
    1. a palm (of the hand)
      Synonym: handflata

Usage notes

Flata has previously been a highly offensive slur towards homosexual women, but has been used by the gay rights movement as a self-descriptive term in order to reclaim and destigmatize it. See also bög.

Declension

Declension of flata 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flata flatan flator flatorna
Genitive flatas flatans flators flatornas

Derived terms

References

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