pauta

See also: pautá

Asturian

Etymology

From Spanish pauta, from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

Noun

pauta f (plural pautes)

1. guideline (on a paper)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pauta, from Latin pacta, plural of pactum. Doublet of pacte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpaw.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpaw.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

pauta f (plural pautes)

1. guideline

Derived terms

• pautat

Further reading

• “pauta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pauta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pauta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pauta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan pauta, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Found in northern dialects but displaced in the south by pata, a modern borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯to/

Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)

1. paw

References

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] – map 979 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 76

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Compare Old French poe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpau̯ta/

Noun

pauta f (oblique plural pautas, nominative singular pauta, nominative plural pautas)

1. paw
   • 1417–1424, Cathalogus dels apostolis de Roma, fol. 120

     .I. lop mal e cruel e afamat, lo qual pres lo cap entre sas pautas premieras, ses tocar de las dens.

     A wicked and hungry wolf who took his head between its paws without touching it with its teeth.

Descendants

• Occitan: pauta
• →⇒ Basque: potika (“on all fours”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 75

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.tɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.tɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.ta/ [ˈpaʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: pau‧ta

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)

1. agenda
2. the set of guidelines in a notebook
3. (music) staff
4. (Brazil, journalism) assignment

   Synonym: agenda

Derived terms

• esvaziamento de pauta
• pautal
• pautar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pauta

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

Further reading

• “pauta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pauta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pauta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pauta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpauta/ [ˈpau̯.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -auta
• Syllabification: pau‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish pauta, borrowed from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)

1. ruler, rule
2. guide, rule, pattern, model
3. guideline, guiding principle

   seguir las pautas ― follow the guidelines

Derived terms

• pautar

Descendants

• → Asturian: pauta
• → Catalan: pauta

Further reading

• “pauta”, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

pauta

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