cresta
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin crista.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈkɾəs.tə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɛs.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɾes.ta/
Noun
cresta f (plural crestes)
- comb, crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles)
- crest (the ridge or top of a wave)
Derived terms
- cresta de gall
- crestejar
- crestall
- cresteria
Further reading
- “cresta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cresta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “cresta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cresta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin crista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkre.sta/
- Rhymes: -esta
- Hyphenation: cré‧sta
Noun
cresta f (plural creste)
- crest
- comb (of a chicken etc.)
- ridge (of a mountain)
- Mohawk hairstyle
Related terms
- cresta dell' onda
- cresta del monte
- cresta del gallo
Anagrams
- tresca
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
cresta f (plural crestas)
- crest, ridge
Portuguese
Verb
cresta
- inflection of crestar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Alternative forms
- încresta
Etymology
Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre, present active infinitive of castrō through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.
Verb
a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conj.
- to cut
- to notch
- to make incisions
Conjugation
infinitive | a cresta | ||||||
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gerund | crestând | ||||||
past participle | crestat | ||||||
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 | crestez | crestezi | crestează | crestăm | crestați | crestează | |
imperfect | crestam | crestai | cresta | crestam | crestați | crestau | |
simple perfect | crestai | crestași | crestă | crestarăm | crestarăți | crestară | |
pluperfect | crestasem | crestaseși | crestase | crestaserăm | crestaserăți | crestaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să crestez | să crestezi | să cresteze | să crestăm | să crestați | să cresteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | crestează | crestați | |||||
negative | nu cresta | nu crestați |
Derived terms
- crestătură
- crestare
See also
- castra
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾesta/ [ˈkɾes.t̪a]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: cres‧ta
Noun
cresta f (plural crestas)
- comb (of a chicken or other bird)
- crest (of an animal)
- sharp peaks (of a mountain)
- ridge (of a wave)
- Mohawk hairstyle
- Synonyms: mohicano, iro
Derived terms
- cresta de gallo
- crestear
- descrestar
- estar en la cresta de la ola
- sacar la cresta
Interjection
cresta
- (Chile) shit (failure)
Further reading
- “cresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014