brita

See also: britā and Brita

Esperanto

brita flago

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto brito

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto brita

From brito (“British person”) + -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrita/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: bri‧ta

Adjective

brita (accusative singular britan, plural britaj, accusative plural britajn)

1. British; of or pertaining to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or its people

Hypernyms

• eŭropa (“European”)

Hyponyms

• angla (“English”)
• kimra (“Welsh”)
• nord-irlanda (“Northern Irish”)
• skota (“Scottish”)

Related terms

• Britio (“the United Kingdom”)
• brito (“a British person”)

Galician

Verb

brita

1. inflection of britar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian

Noun

brita m

1. genitive singular of brits

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Back-formation from britar.

Noun

brita f (plural britas)

1. crushed stone; gravel

   Synonym: cascalho

Etymology 2

Verb

brita

1. inflection of britar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “brita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “brita”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “brita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026