plata

plata

See also: Plata, pláta, platã, platā, plată, platå, pląta, płata, płatą, and плата

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta/

Noun

plata f (plural platas)

1. silver

Synonyms

• archent

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Noun

plata f (plural plates)

1. silver

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pla‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/

Noun

pláta

1. silver

   Synonym: pirak

Related terms

• plato

 

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Catalan

Etymology

From the feminine of plat, or from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

plata f (uncountable)

1. silver
2. platter

Synonyms

• (metal): argent
• (serving dish): plàtera

Derived terms

• platejar

Related terms

• plat
• platí

 

Further reading

• “plata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “plata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Compare Italian piatto, Swedish and German platt, Portuguese and Spanish chato, as well as English plat (“plot of land”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈplata]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

Adjective

plata (accusative singular platan, plural plataj, accusative plural platajn)

1. flat

Derived terms

• plateta (“slightly flat”)
• platega (“very flat”)
• platigi (“to flatten”)
• platiĝi (“to become flat”)

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Galician

Noun

plata f (plural platas)

1. plate (photographic)

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Gothic

Romanization

plata

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Noun

plata f (genitive singular plötu, nominative plural plötur)

1. plate (thin, flat object)
2. record (vinyl disc)

Declension

declension of plata

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plata	platan	plötur	plöturnar
accusative	plötu	plötuna	plötur	plöturnar
dative	plötu	plötunni	plötum	plötunum
genitive	plötu	plötunnar	platna	platnanna

Verb

plata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plataði, supine platað)

1. to trick, deceive

Conjugation

plata — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að plata
supine (sagnbót)		platað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		platandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég plata	við plötum	present (nútíð)	ég plati	við plötum
	þú platar	þið platið		þú platir	þið platið
	hann, hún, það platar	þeir, þær, þau plata		hann, hún, það plati	þeir, þær, þau plati
past (þátíð)	ég plataði	við plötuðum	past (þátíð)	ég plataði	við plötuðum
	þú plataðir	þið plötuðuð		þú plataðir	þið plötuðuð
	hann, hún, það plataði	þeir, þær, þau plötuðu		hann, hún, það plataði	þeir, þær, þau plötuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	plata (þú)	platið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	plataðu	platiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

platast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að platast
supine (sagnbót)		platast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		platandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég platast	við plötumst	present (nútíð)	ég platist	við plötumst
	þú platast	þið platist		þú platist	þið platist
	hann, hún, það platast	þeir, þær, þau platast		hann, hún, það platist	þeir, þær, þau platist
past (þátíð)	ég plataðist	við plötuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég plataðist	við plötuðumst
	þú plataðist	þið plötuðust		þú plataðist	þið plötuðust
	hann, hún, það plataðist	þeir, þær, þau plötuðust		hann, hún, það plataðist	þeir, þær, þau plötuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	platast (þú)	platist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	platastu	platisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plataður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plataður	plötuð	platað		plataðir	plataðar	plötuð
accusative (þolfall)	plataðan	plataða	platað		plataða	plataðar	plötuð
dative (þágufall)	plötuðum	plataðri	plötuðu		plötuðum	plötuðum	plötuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	plataðs	plataðrar	plataðs		plataðra	plataðra	plataðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plataði	plataða	plataða		plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
accusative (þolfall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða		plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
dative (þágufall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða		plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða		plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu

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Latvian

Adjective

plata

1. genitive singular masculine form of plats
2. nominative singular feminine form of plats

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• platen

Noun

plata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of plate

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plata f

1. definite singular of plate

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatia): pláća

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎːta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

Noun

pláta f (Cyrillic spelling пла́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) pay

Declension

Declension of plata

	singular	plural
nominative	plata	plate
genitive	plate	plata
dative	plati	platama
accusative	platu	plate
vocative	plato	plate
locative	plati	platama
instrumental	platom	platama

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets. As with plato, this word may be semi-learned or avoided certain phonetic changes due to use by mainly the upper classes.[1] Compare Portuguese prata, Catalan plata. Displaced Old Spanish ariento from Latin argentum. Compare English plate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/ [ˈpla.t̪a]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pla‧ta

Adjective

plata (plural platas)

1. (heraldry) argent

Noun

plata f (plural platas)

1. silver
2. (Hispanic America) money

   Synonyms: lana, dinero

Derived terms

• a enemigo que huye, puente de plata
• medalla de plata
• papel de plata
• pececillo de plata
• Río de la Plata

 

Related terms

• plato

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “plata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plat.

Adjective

plata

1. flat