plena

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See also: plêna

English

Etymology 1

Noun

plena (countable and uncountable, plural plenas)

  1. (music, uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
  2. (music, countable) A song in this style

Etymology 2

Noun

plena

  1. plural of plenum

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

plena f (plural plenes)

  1. (castells) in a castell with three or five castellers per level, the column to the right of the rengla
  2. (games) a game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime
    Synonyms: quina, quinto, rifla

Etymology 2

Adjective

plena f sg

  1. feminine singular of ple

Czech

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěna, *pelena (thin skin, thin fabric),[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (skin).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

plena f

  1. diaper (US), nappy (UK)
    Synonym: plenka

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “plena”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • plena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • plena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • plena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare Latin plēnārius, Catalan ple, French plein, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplena/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ple‧na

Adjective

plena (accusative singular plenan, plural plenaj, accusative plural plenajn)

  1. full, complete
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:
      De peko kaj mizero estas plena la tero.
      The earth is full of sin and misery.

Usage notes

-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix -ful.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, French plein, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Adjective

plena

  1. full

Antonyms

Interlingua

Verb

plena

  1. present of plenar
  2. imperative of plenar

Latin

Adjective

plēna

  1. inflection of plēnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

plēnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of plēnus

Portuguese

Adjective

plena

  1. feminine singular of pleno

Spanish

Etymology 1

Adjective

plena

  1. feminine singular of pleno

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French plaine.

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

  1. (Louisiana) a plain, pl. plains

Etymology 3

Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the Lesser Antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".

Noun

plena f (plural plenas)

  1. (Caribbean Spanish) a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas
  2. (by analogy, Panama) Dancehall music, Reggae en Español
  3. (by extension, Panama) A song, especially one that is catchy and/or personally preferred by the listener; a jam, a tune.

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