borta

See also: bortă and борта

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborta]

Noun

borta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bortă

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• bolta, volta

Etymology

Compare Italian volta

Noun

borta

1. turn
2. time

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brottu, burtu. By surface analysis, bort +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɔʈːa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

borta (not comparable)

1. away, gone, lost (of a thing)

   långt borta

   far away

   Plånboken är borta. Jag kan inte hitta den.

   The wallet is gone. I can't find it.

2. out of it, gone, not aware of what's going on (of a person)

   Han verkade så borta

   He seemed so out of it

Synonyms

• väck (colloquial)

Adjective

borta

1. (sports) away, not on one's home ground

   Nästa match är borta mot Djurgården.

   The next match is away against Djurgården.

Derived terms

• där borta

Related terms

• bort
• bortre
• bortersta

Anagrams

• abort, botar

Tagalog

Etymology

From backslang of English heartthrob (with pronunciation spelling similar to *hartrob).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboɾta/ [ˈboɾ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾta
• Syllabification: bor‧ta

Adjective

borta (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ) (back slang, LGBTQ slang)

1. buff; beefy; muscular; macho