vista
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō (“I see”). Compare vision, video.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈvɪstə/
Noun[edit]
vista (plural vistas)
- A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or a passage
- A site offering such a view.
- (figuratively) A vision, a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
- a vista of pleasure to come
- dim vistas of the past
Translations[edit]
A distant view or prospect
A site offering such a view
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- vista in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “vista” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
vista weak verb (third person singular past indicative vistaði, supine vistað)
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to place, to find a place for
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative, computing) to save a document, a file, pages etc.
- Ég vistaði myndirnar sem þú sendir mér.
- I saved the pictures you sent me.
- Ég kann ekki að vista myndir af Netinu.
- I don't know how to save images from the Internet.
- Ég vistaði myndirnar sem þú sendir mér.
Conjugation[edit]
vista — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vista | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
vistað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vistandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég vista | við vistum | present (nútíð) |
ég visti | við vistum |
| þú vistar | þið vistið | þú vistir | þið vistið | ||
| hann, hún, það vistar | þeir, þær, þau vista | hann, hún, það visti | þeir, þær, þau visti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vistaði | við vistuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vistaði | við vistuðum |
| þú vistaðir | þið vistuðuð | þú vistaðir | þið vistuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það vistaði | þeir, þær, þau vistuðu | hann, hún, það vistaði | þeir, þær, þau vistuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vista (þú) | vistið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vistaðu | vistiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vistast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
vistast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vistandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses |
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| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég vistast | við vistumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vistist | við vistumst |
| þú vistast | þið vistist | þú vistist | þið vistist | ||
| hann, hún, það vistast | þeir, þær, þau vistast | hann, hún, það vistist | þeir, þær, þau vistist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vistaðist | við vistuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég vistaðist | við vistuðumst |
| þú vistaðist | þið vistuðust | þú vistaðist | þið vistuðust | ||
| hann, hún, það vistaðist | þeir, þær, þau vistuðust | hann, hún, það vistaðist | þeir, þær, þau vistuðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vistast (þú) | vistist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vistastu | vististi * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
vistaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
vistaður | vistuð | vistað | vistaðir | vistaðar | vistuð | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
vistaðan | vistaða | vistað | vistaða | vistaðar | vistuð | |
| dative (þágufall) |
vistuðum | vistaðri | vistuðu | vistuðum | vistuðum | vistuðum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
vistaðs | vistaðrar | vistaðs | vistaðra | vistaðra | vistaðra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
vistaði | vistaða | vistaða | vistuðu | vistuðu | vistuðu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
vistaða | vistuðu | vistaða | vistuðu | vistuðu | vistuðu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
vistaða | vistuðu | vistaða | vistuðu | vistuðu | vistuðu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
vistaða | vistuðu | vistaða | vistuðu | vistuðu | vistuðu | |
Usage notes[edit]
- The computing word vista (“save”) enjoys limited popularity in informal spoken language, where the direct English loan word seiva (from English save) is often used instead, though usually considered substandard in more formal or written contexts.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.
Pronunciation[edit]
-
Audio (IT) (file)
Adjective[edit]
vista sg
- feminine form of visto
Noun[edit]
vista f (plural viste)
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
vista
- feminine singular past participle of vedere
- third-person singular present indicative of vistare
- second-person singular imperative of vistare
Anagrams[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
-
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
vista f, 4th declension
- hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)
- mājas vista — domestic chicken
- vista ar cāļiem — hen with chicks
- vistas gaļa, olas — chicken meat, eggs
- vistu kūts — henhouse
- perētāja vista — broody hen, sitter
- cekulainā vista — crested hen
- vistas buljons — chicken broth
Declension[edit]
declension of vista
Related terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vista f
- feminine form of visto
Noun[edit]
vista f (plural vistas)
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) vesta
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vista f (plural vistas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) view
- (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) cheek
- (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) face
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Vulgar Latin *vista, from Latin vidēre
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈbista/
Adjective[edit]
vista f (masculine visto, feminine plural vistas, masculine plural vistos)
- feminine form of visto
Noun[edit]
vista f (plural vistas)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
vista (infinitive vestir)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vestir.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vestir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vestir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of vestir.
Verb[edit]
vista f (masculine visto, feminine plural vistas, masculine plural vistos, infinitive ver)
- Past participle of ver.
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- English terms derived from Italian
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- English nouns
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian nouns
- Italian adjective forms
- Italian verb forms
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- lv:Birds
- lv:Female animals
- lv:Poultry
- Portuguese adjective forms
- Portuguese nouns
- Romansch nouns
- Surmiran Romansch
- Puter Romansch
- Vallader Romansch
- rm:Anatomy
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- Spanish adjective forms
- Spanish nouns
- es:Law
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
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- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Spanish past participles
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -er