llanta

Asturian

Verb

llanta

1. third-person singular present indicative of llantar
2. second-person singular imperative of llantar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• llanda

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llanta, from French jante.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʎan.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈʎan.ta/

Noun

llanta f (plural llantes)

1. wheelrim

Further reading

• “llanta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “llanta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝanta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝanta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎanta/ [ˈʎãn̪.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃanta/ [ˈʃãn̪.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒanta/ [ˈʒãn̪.t̪a]

• (ll-y neutralization)

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: llan‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jante (“wheelrim”) (written with ⟨ll⟩ instead of ⟨y⟩ due to influence of Etymology 2).

Noun

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. (cycling, automotive) tyre rim, wheelrim
2. (Latin America) tyre

   Synonym: neumático

3. (colloquial, Mexico) fat, protruding belly

Derived terms

• llantazo
• llantera
• llantero

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: llanta, llanda

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish llanta, inherited from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Now replaced by the borrowed doublet planta.

Noun

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. Obsolete form of planta.

Related terms

• llantén

 

Further reading

• “llanta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014