prata

See also: Prata, práta, prāta, and prātā

English

Etymology

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

Noun

prata (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
   • 2018 September 5, Fong, Florence, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today‎^[1], Singapore, archived from the original on 9 April 2018:

     The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain […].

   • 2019 April 5, Alkhatib, Shaffiq, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times‎^[2], Singapore:

     A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

Anagrams

• apart, rap at

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾatɐ]

Noun

prata f (uncountable)

1. silver
   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:

     os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre

     the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle

   Synonym: arento (archaic)

Derived terms

• herba da prata
• prateiro
• pratería

Related terms

• prato

References

• “prata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “prata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “prata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “prata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latin

Noun

prāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prātum

References

• prata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Latvian

Verb

prata

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of prast
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of prast

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pratet

Verb

prata

1. inflection of prate:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ta/

Noun

prata f

1. silver
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 318 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria ſſe uingou do crerigo que furtou a prata da cruz.

     How Holy Mary avenged Herself on the cleric who stole the silver from the cross.

Descendants

• Galician: prata
• Portuguese: prata

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), because silver was often made into sheets. Possibly a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo the usual sound shifts; compare Spanish plata. See also the related prato and chato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.tɐ/, [ˈpɾa.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: pra‧ta
• Rhymes: -atɐ

Noun

prata f (usually uncountable, plural pratas)

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: paládio (Pd)
Next: cádmio (Cd)

1. (chemistry) silver (chemical element)
2. silver (coins)
3. silver (cutlery)
4. silver (items made from silver)

Derived terms

• prataria
• prateação
• prateado

• pratear
• prateira
• prateiro

Related terms

• prato

Noun

prata f (plural pratas)

1. (Brazil, informal) one hundred cents of current currency unit: an entire real, a Brazilian buck

   Synonyms: mango, pila, conto

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Sardinian

Etymology

From earlier *plata. Compare Spanish Spanish plata.

Noun

prata

1. silver

   Synonym: arghentu

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German praten, compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑːˌta/

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Verb

prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)

1. to talk, to speak (informally)

   Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?

   Have you spoken to your brother about that car he intended to sell?

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prata (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	prata		pratas
Supine	pratat		pratats
Imperative	prata		—
Imper. plural1	praten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	pratar	pratade	pratas	pratades
Ind. plural1	prata	pratade	pratas	pratades
Subjunctive2	prate	pratade	prates	pratades
	Participles
Present participle	pratande
Past participle	pratad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• tala
• språka
• snacka (colloquial)
• mäla (archaic)

Related terms

• prat
• pratare

Further reading

• prata in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• parat, rapat