za

See also Appendix:Variations of "za"

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

za (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A syllable formerly used in solfège to represent B flat.

References

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Etymology 2

Shortened from pizza.

Alternative forms

• 'za

Noun

za (plural zas)

1. (US, Canada, slang, 1970s, 1980s) Pizza.
   • 1994, Sara Borins, The Real Guide to Canadian Universities, ISBN 1550135333, page 130:

     In fact, not ordering a SUB or ZA (pizza) is almost impossible since places to eat in Sackville include Subway (subs), Ed's (subs), Joey's (subs and za), Pizza Delight (mostly za), The Snack Shop (subs and za) and One Plus One (subs and za).

   • 2006, Lee Simon, The restaurant dream?: an inside look at restaurant development, from concept to reality, ISBN 0910627835, page 44:

     But Chris, using some of his dated terminology, insisted that he wanted "za" for dinner. Back when Chris was a youngster in college, "za" was short for pizza--as if pizza were a lengthy word needing abbreviating.

   • 2010, Jim Butcher, Turn Coat:

     They call me the Za-Lord.

Translations

pizza — see pizza

Anagrams

• AZ

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Preposition

za (+ accusative)

1. for (price)
2. in (time)

Preposition

za (+ instrumental)

1. behind (space)

Antonyms

• před (space science)

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Isthmus Zapotec

Noun

za

1. cloud

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Japanese

Romanization

za

1. See ざ
2. See ザ

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Mandarin

Romanization

za

1. Nonstandard spelling of zā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǎ.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *za

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /z̪a/

Preposition

za (+ instrumental)

1. behind
2. for, after

Preposition

za (+ accusative)

1. in, for

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *za.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /za/

Preposition

za (Cyrillic spelling за)

1. (with accusative) for

   glasati za nekoga — to vote for somebody

   prodati nešto za 100 dolara — to sell something for a hundred dollars

   platiti za radoznalost — to pay for one's curiosity

   bojati se za nekoga — to fear for somebody

   doći kući za praznike — to come home for holiday season

2. (with instrumental) behind, in back of, at (without change of poisition, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   Idi za mnom. — Follow me. (Go behind me.)

   sjediti/sedeti za stolom — to sit at the table

3. (with genitive) during

   za dana — during the day, during daylight

   za života — during one's life

   za vr(ij)eme rata — during the war

4. (with accusative) to, towards

   cesta za Beč — the road to Vienna

   putovati za Beč — to travel to Vienna

5. (with accusative) in (in expressions with time)

   doći opet za nekoliko dana — to come back in a few days

   pretrčati 100 metara za 9 sekundi — to ran 100 meters in 9 seconds

6. (with accusative) by

   uzeti za ruku — to take by the hand

   uhvatiti za ruku — to grab by the arm

   vući za uši — to pull by the ears

7. (with accusative) for, as (with verbs denoting naming, appointing, declaring, considering etc.)

   postaviti nekoga za preds(j)ednika — to appoint somebody a president

   držati nekoga za pametnog čov(j)eka — to consider somebody a smart person

8. (with instrumental) after

   jedan za drugim — one after the another

   praviti grešku za greškom — to make one error after the another, to make errors repeatedly

   ponovite za mnom — repeat after me

9. (with instrumental) for

   tugovati za nekim — to grieve for somebody

   čeznuti za srećom — to yearn for happiness

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *za.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /za/
• Tonal: za

Preposition

za

1. (with genitive) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (with instrumental) behind (stationary)
3. (with instrumental) after, following (in time)
4. (with accusative) behind (motion to)
5. (with accusative) for

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Spanish

Interjection

za (¡za!)

1. (usually said to an animal) scat, get out of here.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu. Cognate with Swahili kuja.

Verb

-za

1. to come

Conjugation

This Zulu verb needs an inflection-table template.