monta

See also: Monta and montá

Esperanto

Etymology

From monto (“mountain”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/
• Hyphenation: mont‧a
• Rhymes: -onta

Adjective

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

1. mountainous

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

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ontɑ
• Syllabification: mon‧ta

Pronoun

monta

1. Partitive singular form 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, but with nominative as monta; partitive may also be montaa.

See also

• montaa

Anagrams

• -maton, manto, maton

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French

Verb

monta

1. third-person singular past historic of monter

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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)	ég monta	við montum	present (nútíð)	ég monti	við montum
	þú montar	þið montið		þú montir	þið montið
	hann, hún, það montar	þeir, þær, þau monta		hann, hún, það monti	þeir, þær, þau monti
past (þátíð)	ég montaði	við montuðum	past (þátíð)	ég montaði	við montuðum
	þú montaðir	þið montuðuð		þú montaðir	þið montuðuð
	hann, hún, það montaði	þeir, þær, þau montuðu		hann, hún, það montaði	þeir, þær, þau montuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	monta (þú)	montið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	montaðu	montiði *
* 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 ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég montast	við montumst	present (nútíð)	ég montist	við montumst
	þú montast	þið montist		þú montist	þið montist
	hann, hún, það montast	þeir, þær, þau montast		hann, hún, það montist	þeir, þær, þau montist
past (þátíð)	ég montaðist	við montuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég montaðist	við montuðumst
	þú montaðist	þið montuðust		þú montaðist	þið montuðust
	hann, hún, það montaðist	þeir, þær, þau montuðust		hann, hún, það montaðist	þeir, þær, þau montuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	montast (þú)	montist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	montastu	montisti *
* 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”)

 

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Italian

Noun

monta f (plural monte)

1. (of animals) covering, leap

   stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm

2. riding, mount

Related terms

• montare

Verb

monta

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

Anagrams

• manto

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Portuguese

Verb

monta

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of montar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of montar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/, [ˈmõn̪t̪a]

Noun

monta f (plural montas)

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

   de poca monta ― small-time

Verb

monta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of montar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of montar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of montar.