plasta

See also: plašta and пласта

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plasta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

plasta m (plural plastes)

1. (Castilianism, colloquial) annoying person

Esperanto

Etymology

From plasto (“plastic”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: plas‧ta

Noun

plasta (accusative singular plastan, plural plastaj, accusative plural plastajn)

1. plastic (made of plastic)
   • 2007, Tatjana Auderskaja, “Iom pri nuntempa ekologio”, in Kontakto, number 221, →ISSN, page 3:

     Ĉu ni ne loĝas jam en domoj kun plastaj mebloj, plastaj fenestroj, plastaj tapetoj, plasta manĝilaro?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, Sten Johansson, Skabio (Serio originala literaturo), New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 10:

     Oni donis al li plastan tason da akvo, sed li jam delonge eltrinkis tiun.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017 June, Mikaelo Bronŝtejn, “Grenado”, in Probal Daŝgupto, István Ertl, Jesper Lykke Jacobsen, Suso Moinhos, editors, Beletra Almanako, year II, number 29, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 9:

     Peĉjo kaj Ninjo, la plej junaj klubanoj, alportis el la kuirĉambro bolantan samovaron, teujon kun freŝa infuzaĵo kaj kuketojn, dismetitajn en du plastajn telerojn.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• plast m

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plaste, East German variant of Plastik, from English plastic, from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós, “suitable for molding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasta/

Noun

plasta f

1. plastic

Declension

Declension of plasta

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	plasta	plasće	plasty
Genitive	plasty	plastowu	plastow
Dative	plasće	plastoma	plastam
Accusative	plastu	plasće	plasty
Instrumental	plastu	plastoma	plastami
Locative	plasće	plastoma	plastach

Derived terms

• plastiski
• plastowy

Related terms

• plastika

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “plasta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

plasta (Cyrillic spelling пласта)

1. genitive singular of plast

Spanish

Etymology

From plaste, from Ancient Greek πλαστή (plastḗ), from πλαστός (plastós, “artificial; false, fictitious”); from the same source as πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós), whence English plastic. Compare English plastid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasta/ [ˈplas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: plas‧ta

Noun

plasta f (plural plastas)

1. lump, soft mass of matter (usually soft, thick and sticky)
   • 2022, Lisandro N. C. Urquiza, Tomás y Mateo. Una nueva vida:

     una plasta de dulce de leche a las gafas. Y otra del talón.

     A lump of dulce de leche on his glasses. Another on his heel.

2. flattened object
3. plasticine, modelling clay
4. (something of low quality)
5. (colloquial) annoying or stupid person
   • 1986, José Luis Olaizola, Senén:

     Sobre todo los directivos del club que me visitaban –¡menuda plasta!–, me golpeaban un hombro y me decían: –No te preocupes, que al golf puedes jugar.

     All the directors of the club that visited, those slimeballs, patted me on the shoulder and told me "Don't worry, you can always play golf".

   • 2019, Juan Francisco Polo, Unas cuantas calles:

     —¡Qué plasta eres, tío! Si has echado toda la mascá fuera, me has dejado a dos velas.

     You're such a dumb-ass, dude! You spilled all the baccy out, left me with fuck all!

6. (colloquial) bore, dullard

   ¡Menuda plasta es la fiesta!

   This party is such a snoozefest!

7. (colloquial) piece of shit; turd

Derived terms

• aplastar

Related terms

• plastidio
• plastilina

Further reading

• “plasta”, 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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English plaster.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

plasta class IX (plural plasta class X)

1. plaster
2. sticking plaster

Swedish

Etymology

plast (“plastic”) +‎ -a

Verb

plasta (present plastar, preterite plastade, supine plastat, imperative plasta)

1. (usually in the past participle) to coat or treat with plastic; to plastic-coat, to laminate, to plasticize, etc.

   plastat papper

   plastic-coated paper

   plastad frotté

   laminated terry fabric

Conjugation

Conjugation of plasta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	plasta		plastas
supine	plastat		plastats
imperative	plasta		—
imper. plural1	plasten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	plastar	plastade	plastas	plastades
ind. plural1	plasta	plastade	plastas	plastades
subjunctive2	plaste	plastade	plastes	plastades
present participle		plastande
past participle		plastad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• laminera (“laminate”)
• plasta in

References

• “plasta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “plasta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English plaster.

Noun

plasta

1. plaster