anta

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

anta (plural antae)

1. (architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Related terms

• in antis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Italian

Noun

anta f (plural ante)

1. door (of furniture)
2. shutter (of window)
3. sash (of window)

anta m pl

1. (plural only) forties

Anagrams

• nata
• tana

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Portuguese

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. tapir
2. a stupid person

   Você é uma anta!

   You are an idiot!

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Swedish

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Verb

anta

1. to suppose; to presume

   Jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny kaffebryggare

   I presume it's time to buy a new coffee machine

2. to accept an offer

   Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det.

   The chessplayer accepted the offer of a draw after having thought about it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of anta

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	anta	antas
Present tense	antar	antas
Past tense	antog	antogs
Supine	antagit	antagits
Imperative	anta	—
Present participle	antagande
Past participle	antagen

Conjugation of antaga (somewhat dated)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	antaga	antagas
Present tense	antager	antages
Past tense	antog	antogs
Supine	antagit	antagits
Imperative	antag	—
Present participle	antagande
Past participle	antagen