pesta

See also: Pesta and pestä

Catalan

Noun

pesta f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. stink

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Estonian

Verb

pesta

1. Da-infinitive of pesema.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ta/

Verb

pesta

1. third-person singular past historic of pester

Anagrams

• pâtes, pâtés, pesât, pétas, tapes, tapés

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay pesta, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese festa.

Noun

pesta (first-person possessive pestaku, second-person possessive pestamu, third-person possessive pestanya)

1. party

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Italian

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”).

Noun

pesta f (plural peste)

1. (often in the plural) footprint

   Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia

   essere sulle peste di qualcuno

   being in the footsteps of someone

2. (figuratively, in the plural) mess, trouble

   Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio

   trovarsi nelle peste

   find oneself in trouble

Derived terms

• pista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesta

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pesta

1. feminine singular of pesto

Anagrams

• paste

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Verb

pesta

1. wash

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Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

Noun

pesta

1. party

Descendants

• Indonesian: pesta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Verb

pesta

1. to wash
2. to clean

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вымыть, выстирать, мыть, стирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika