frota

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See also: frotá

Asturian

Verb

frota

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese frota (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (to float), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (to float, swim, fly).

Pronunciation

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

  1. fleet
    • 1702, Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Pois que sempre algún malsín:
      Toda â Frota vin arder,
      vin volto en Volcan ô mar,
      lume na agua encender,
      homes no Aire correr,
      leños no fogo nadar.
      All the fleet I saw burn,
      I saw, turned into Vulcan the sea,
      fires on the water light
      men in the air run
      logs in the fire swim

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (to float), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (to float, swim, fly). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

  1. fleet
    • 1344, Xulián Maure Rivas, editor, Documentos medievais de Santa María de Baiona (1274-1531), page 36:
      que chegara a esta uilla a frota del rey de Portugal, quando auýa gerra con nosso sseñor el rey de Castela, et que queimara esta dita billa et a cassa en que moraua,
      that the fleet of the king of Portugal arrived to this town , when he was at war with our lord the king of Castile, and it burned this aforementioned town and the house were he used to live

Descendants

  • Galician: frota
  • Portuguese: frota

References

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from French flotte, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (to float), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (to float, swim, fly).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: fro‧ta

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

  1. fleet

Spanish

Verb

frota

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