potra
See also: potrà and potrą
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish potra.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.tɾa/
Noun
potra f (plural potres)
- An inguinal hernia.
- Good luck.
Further reading
- “potra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian бодрый (bodryj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpotrɑ/, [ˈpo̞t̪rɑ]
- Rhymes: -otrɑ
- Syllabification(key): pot‧ra
Adjective
potra (comparative potrempi, superlative potrin)
- (colloquial) energetic, lively (mostly only used of boys, particularly male babies)
Usage notes
Nowadays mostly only in the expression potra poika.
Declension
| Inflection of potra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | potra | potrat | |
| genitive | potran | potrien | |
| partitive | potraa | potria | |
| illative | potraan | potriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | potra | potrat | |
| accusative | nom. | potra | potrat |
| gen. | potran | ||
| genitive | potran | potrien potrainrare | |
| partitive | potraa | potria | |
| inessive | potrassa | potrissa | |
| elative | potrasta | potrista | |
| illative | potraan | potriin | |
| adessive | potralla | potrilla | |
| ablative | potralta | potrilta | |
| allative | potralle | potrille | |
| essive | potrana | potrina | |
| translative | potraksi | potriksi | |
| instructive | — | potrin | |
| abessive | potratta | potritta | |
| comitative | — | potrine | |
| Possessive forms of potra (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | potrani | potramme |
| 2nd person | potrasi | potranne |
| 3rd person | potransa | |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpo.tɾɐ/
Noun
potra f (plural potras)
- female equivalent of potro
- (medicine) intestinal hernia
- (botany) a disease that causes bulges to appear on the stems of plants
- (Brazil, colloquial) luck; good fortune
- Synonyms: sorte, fortuna
- arrogance; haughtiness
- Synonyms: arrogância, soberba
Spanish
Etymology
From potro (whose own etymology is unknown).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpotɾa/ [ˈpo.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -otɾa
- Syllabification: po‧tra
Noun
potra f (plural potras)
- female equivalent of potro; filly, (young) mare, foal
Related terms
- potranca
- potrero
See also
- yegua
- caballo
Further reading
- “potra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014