grota

See also: grotă

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: gro‧ta

Etymology 1

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Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.

Latin crypta

Italian grottabor.

Polish grota

Borrowed from Italian grotta.

Noun

grota f

1. grotto (small cave)

Declension

Declension of grota

	singular	plural
nominative	grota	groty
genitive	groty	grot
dative	grocie	grotom
accusative	grotę	groty
instrumental	grotą	grotami
locative	grocie	grotach
vocative	groto	groty

See also

• jaskinia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grota m inan

1. genitive singular of grot (“mainsail”)

Further reading

• “grota”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “grota”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Anagrams

• argot

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ), feminine form of the adjective κρυπτός (kruptós).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɔ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: gro‧ta

Noun

grota f (plural grotas)

1. opening in river bank caused by flood
2. opening in the slope produced by the action of rainwater
3. wet and dark depression
4. stream where, periodically, abundant flows are formed as a result of heavy rains

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrota]

Noun

grota f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of grotă