placa

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See also: plaća, placă, plaça, płaca, płacą, and плача

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaque.

Pronunciation

Noun

placa f (plural plaques)

  1. plate
  2. (biology) plaque

Derived terms

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Galician

Noun

placa f (plural placas)

  1. plate
  2. sign
  3. tectonic plate

Italian

Verb

placa

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

Latin

Verb

plācā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of plācō

References

Portuguese

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placa (street sign)

Etymology 1

From French plaque (“plaque, plate”), from Dutch placke, from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: pla‧ca

Noun

placa f (plural placas)

  1. plate (a flat metallic object)
  2. street sign
  3. (dentistry) dental plaque
  4. (Brazil) license plate
  5. (electronics) circuit board
  6. (seismology) tectonic plate
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Etymology 2

Verb

placa

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquer.

Verb

a placa (third-person singular present plachează, past participle placat) 1st conj.

  1. to plate

Conjugation

    conjugation of placa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a placa
gerund placând
past participle placat
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 plachez plachezi plachează placăm placați plachează
imperfect placam placai placa placam placați placau
simple perfect placai placași placă placarăm placarăți placară
pluperfect placasem placaseși placase placaserăm placaserăți placaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să plachez să plachezi să placheze să placăm să placați să placheze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative plachează placați
negative nu placa nu placați

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaka/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: pla‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French plaque.

Noun

placa f (plural placas)

  1. plate
  2. shield, sign
  3. badge
  4. choppers (artificial teeth)
    Synonyms: dentadura postiza, dentadura
  5. (geology) plate
  6. (dentistry) tartar
  7. a game played in the Dominican Republic which is similar to cricket
    Synonym: plaquita
  8. (electronics) board
    placa madre ― motherboard
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

placa

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

Further reading

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