pesta

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See also: Pesta and pestä

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pestis.

Pronunciation

Noun

pesta f (plural pestes)

  1. plague
  2. stink
  3. pest

Related terms

Further reading

Estonian

Verb

pesta

  1. Da-infinitive of pesema.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pesta

  1. third-person singular past historic of pester

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pesta, from Portuguese festa, from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛsta/,
  • Hyphenation: pès‧ta

Noun

pèsta (plural pesta-pesta, first-person possessive pestaku, second-person possessive pestamu, third-person possessive pestanya)

  1. party, a social gathering, a gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.sta/, /ˈpɛ.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
  • Hyphenation: pé‧sta, pè‧sta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) +‎ -a.

Noun

pesta f (plural peste)

  1. (usually in the plural) footprint
    Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia
    essere sulle peste di qualcuno
    being in the footsteps of someone
  2. (figurative, in the plural) mess, trouble
    Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio
    trovarsi nelle peste
    find oneself in trouble
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesta

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pesta

  1. feminine singular of pesto

References

  1. ^ peste in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ pesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

  1. wash

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

Noun

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta, informal 1st possessive pestaku, 2nd possessive pestamu, 3rd possessive pestanya)

  1. party

Descendants

  • Indonesian: pesta

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

pesta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of pest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

pesta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of pest

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

pesta

  1. Alternative form of festa (“party, celebration”)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

  1. to wash
  2. to clean

Inflection

Inflection of pesta (inflection type 25/purda)
1st infinitive pesta
present indic. pezeb
past indic. pezi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular pezen pezin —
2nd singular pezed pezid peze
3rd singular pezeb pezi peskaha
1st plural pezem pezim peskam
2nd plural pezet pezit peskat
3rd plural pestas
pezeba 		peziba peskaha
sing. conneg.1 peze pezend peze
plur. conneg. peskoi peznugoi peskoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular pezižin peznuižin peznen
2nd singular pezižid peznuižid pezned
3rd singular peziži peznuiži pezneb
1st plural pezižim peznuižim peznem
2nd plural pezižit peznuižit peznet
3rd plural pezižiba peznuižiba pezneba
connegative peziži peznuiži pezne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive pesta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive pestes inessive pezmas
instructive pesten illative pezmaha
participles elative pezmaspäi
present active pezii adessive pezmal
past active peznu abessive pezmat
past passive pestud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

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