profeta

See also: Profeta and próféta

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfeta/, [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

Noun

profeta m or f (plural profetes)

1. prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prophēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾoˈfe.ta]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetes)

1. prophet

Related terms

• profecia
• profètic
• profetitzar

 

Further reading

• “profeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Esperanto

Etymology

From profeto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [proˈfeta]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

Adjective

profeta (accusative singular profetan, plural profetaj, accusative plural profetajn)

1. prophetic

Galician

Etymology

From Latin prophēta.

Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

Related terms

• profecía

Ibanag

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish profeta, from Latin prophēta.

Noun

profeta

1. prophet

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈfɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: pro‧fè‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin prophēta.

Noun

profeta m (plural profeti, feminine profetessa)

1. prophet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

profeta

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

Anagrams

• prefato

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prophēta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈfɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

Adjective

profeta m or f (plural profetas)

1. (Madeira, informal) of or relating to Porto Santo

   Synonym: porto-santense

Noun

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetas)

1. native or inhabitant of Porto Santo

   Synonym: porto-santense

Spanish

Alternative forms

• propheta (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “spokesman, prophet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ta

Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

1. prophet

Derived terms

• profetismo

 

Related terms

• profecía
• profético
• profetizar

 

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: propheta

Further reading

• “profeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014