atleta

atleta

See also: atléta and atletą

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletes)

1. athlete

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əlˈlə.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈlɛ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈle.ta/

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletes)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlètic
• atletisme

Further reading

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

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish atleta (“athlete”).

Noun

atleta

1. athlete

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈleta/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: at‧le‧ta
• Rhymes: -eta

Adjective

atleta (accusative singular atletan, plural atletaj, accusative plural atletajn)

1. athletic

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletas)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlético
• atletismo

Further reading

• “atleta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: a‧tlè‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (masculine plural atleti, feminine plural atlete)

1. (sports) athlete

Derived terms

• biatleta
• triatleta

Related terms

• atletica
• atletico

See also

• sportivo

Further reading

• atleta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• aletta, lattea, telata

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈlɛ.ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: at‧le‧ta

Noun

atleta m pers (feminine atletka)

1. (dated) athlete (sportsman practising strength disciplines such as weightlifting or boxing)
2. athlete (extremely physically fit or muscular person)

   Synonyms: atletyk, paker, mięśniak, osiłek

Declension

Declension of atleta

	singular	plural
nominative	atleta	atleci
genitive	atlety	atletów
dative	atlecie	atletom
accusative	atletę	atletów
instrumental	atletą	atletami
locative	atlecie	atletach
vocative	atleto	atleci

Derived terms

adjective

• atletyczny

 

adverb

• atletycznie

 

nouns

• atletyk
• atletyka
• lekkoatletyka

 

Further reading

• atleta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• atleta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtlɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧tle‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlético

Further reading

• “atleta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatia): àtlēt

Noun

atleta m (Cyrillic spelling атлета)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, historical) fighter (in ancient Greek Olympics)
2. (Bosnia, Serbia) a bodybuilding competition winner
3. (Bosnia, Serbia) a strongman, athletic person

Coordinate terms

• sportaš (Croatia), sportista

References

• “atleta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “to compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtleta/ [aˈt̪le.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: a‧tle‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletas)

1. athlete (competitor in a sport)
2. a physically fit person

Usage notes

The noun atleta is like several other Spanish nouns with a human referent and ending in a. The masculine articles and adjectives are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine articles and adjectives are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

Derived terms

• atletismo
• pie de atleta

Related terms

• atlético

Descendants

• → Chavacano: atleta

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish atleta (“athlete”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: at‧le‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ʔatˈleta/, [ʔɐtˈle.tɐ]

Noun

atleta

1. athlete

   Synonym: manlalaro