monta

See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -onta
• Syllabification: mon‧ta

Noun

monta f (plural montes)

1. (mining) "beginning of the ramp or exploitation from its access such as a chimney or well"

Further reading

• “monta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “monta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

From monto (“mountain”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/
• Rhymes: -onta
• Syllabification: mon‧ta

Adjective

monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)

1. mountainous

   La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj. ― The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Further reading

• “monta”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ontɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mon‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

monta

1. partitive singular of moni

   monta kertaa ― many times

Determiner

monta

1. many

Usage notes

Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.

Näin kaksi lintua.

I saw two birds.

Näin monta lintua.

I saw many birds.

*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

Inflection

Same as moni (which see), but with monta as the nominative form; partitive may also be montaa.

Derived terms

• montako

See also

• montaa

Further reading

• “monta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• -maton, manto, maton

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

monta

1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -onta
• Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Verb

monta

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

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “montar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔn̥ta

Verb

monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt

   Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

monta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að monta
supine sagnbót		montað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		montandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	monta	montaði		monti	montaði
	þú	montar	montaðir		montir	montaðir
	hann, hún, það	montar	montaði		monti	montaði
plural	við	montum	montuðum		montum	montuðum
	þið	montið	montuðuð		montið	montuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	monta	montuðu		monti	montuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	monta (þú), montaðu
plural	þið	montið (þið), montiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

montast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að montast
supine sagnbót		montast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		montandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	montast	montaðist		montist	montaðist
	þú	montast	montaðist		montist	montaðist
	hann, hún, það	montast	montaðist		montist	montaðist
plural	við	montumst	montuðumst		montumst	montuðumst
	þið	montist	montuðust		montist	montuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	montast	montuðust		montist	montuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	montast (þú), montastu
plural	þið	montist (þið), montisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

• mont (“boasting, bragging”)
• montinn (“boastful; conceited”)

Ingrian

Alternative forms

• mont

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ont, -ontɑ
• Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Determiner

monta (+ partitive)

1. how many?
2. so many, God knows how many

Synonyms

• (how many?): paljo

Determiner

monta

1. partitive singular of moni

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.ta/
• Rhymes: -onta
• Hyphenation: món‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

monta f (plural monte)

1. covering, leap (of animals)

   stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm

2. riding, mount

Related terms

• montare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monta

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

Anagrams

• Manto, manto

Portuguese

Verb

monta

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conjugation

1. to assemble, to put together

Conjugation

    conjugation of monta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a monta
gerund			montând
past participle			montat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	montez	montezi	montează	montăm	montați	montează
	imperfect	montam	montai	monta	montam	montați	montau
	simple perfect	montai	montași	montă	montarăm	montarăți	montară
	pluperfect	montasem	montaseși	montase	montaserăm	montaserăți	montaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să montez	să montezi	să monteze	să montăm	să montați	să monteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		montează			montați
	negative		nu monta			nu montați

Related terms

• montaj

Further reading

• “monta”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -onta
• Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from montar.

Noun

monta f (plural montas)

1. riding
2. mounting
3. total, sum total
4. importance

   de poca monta ― small-time

Derived terms

• de poca monta

Etymology 2

Verb

monta

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

Further reading

• “monta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025