prata

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See also: Prata, práta, prāta, and prātā

English

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Etymology

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

Noun

prata (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
    • 2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today, Singapore, archived from the original on 9 April 2019:
      The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain [].
    • 2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
      A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

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Galician

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús). Compare Portuguese prata.

Pronunciation

Noun

prata f (uncountable)

  1. silver
    Synonym: arento (archaic)
    • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:
      os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre
      the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle

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References

  • prata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • prata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • prata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • prata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • prata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpra.ta/,

Noun

prāta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prātum

References

Latvian

Verb

prata

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of prast

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

prata

  1. inflection of prate:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús).

Pronunciation

Noun

prata f

  1. silver

Descendants

  • Galician: prata
  • Portuguese: prata

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), because silver was often made into sheets. Possibly a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo the usual sound shifts. Compare Galician prata and Spanish plata. See also the related prato and chato.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ta

Noun

prata f (usually uncountable, plural pratas)

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: paládio (Pd)
Next: cádmio (Cd)
  1. (chemistry) silver (chemical element)
  2. silver (coins)
  3. silver (cutlery)
  4. silver (items made from silver)

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Noun

prata f (plural pratas)

  1. (Brazil, informal) one hundred cents of current currency unit: an entire real, a Brazilian buck
    Synonyms: mango, pila, conto

Sardinian

Etymology

From earlier *plata. Compare Spanish Spanish plata.

Noun

prata

  1. silver
    Synonym: arghentu

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German praten, compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑːˌta/
  • (file)

Verb

prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)

  1. to talk, to speak (informally)
    Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?
    Have you spoken to your brother about that car he intended to sell?

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

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