llanta
Asturian
Verb
llanta
- third-person singular present indicative of llantar
- second-person singular imperative of llantar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- llanda
Etymology
From Spanish llanta, from French jante.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈʎan.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈʎan.ta/
Noun
llanta f (plural llantes)
- wheelrim
Further reading
- “llanta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “llanta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝanta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎanta/ [ˈʎãn̪.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃanta/ [ˈʃãn̪.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒanta/ [ˈʒãn̪.t̪a]
- (ll-y neutralization)
Audio (file) - (ll-y distinction)
Audio (file) - (Rioplatense)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: llan‧ta
Etymology 1
From French jante (“wheelrim”) (written with ⟨ll⟩ instead of ⟨y⟩ due to influence of Etymology 2).
Noun
llanta f (plural llantas)
- (cycling, automotive) tyre rim, wheelrim
- (Latin America) tyre
- Synonym: neumático
- (colloquial, Mexico) fat, protruding belly
Derived terms
- llantera
- llantero
- llantazo
Descendants
- → Catalan: llanta, llanda
Etymology 2
From Old Spanish llanta, inherited from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Now replaced by the borrowed doublet planta.
Noun
llanta f (plural llantas)
- Obsolete form of planta.
Related terms
- llantén
Further reading
- “llanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014