quinta

See also: Quinta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese quinta.

Noun

quinta (plural quintas)

1. A country house in Madeira.

Anagrams

• quaint

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinta/ [ˈkĩn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: quin‧ta

Adjective

quinta

1. feminine singular of quintu

Noun

quinta f (plural quintes)

1. group of people in the same class (specially in the military service)
2. (automobiles) fifth gear
3. (colloquial) generation, cohort (group of people of the same age)

   Somos de la mesma quinta

   We are from the same generation

4. (colloquial, in the plural) military service
5. (obsolete) country house, holiday residence
6. (obsolete, historical) a lottery held to select people for the local militia

Further reading

• “quinta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “quinta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

la quinta

el cicle de les quintes

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quīntus (“fifth”).

Adjective

quinta f sg

1. feminine singular of quint

Noun

quinta f (plural quintes)

1. (card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit
2. (music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony
3. (history, Catalonia) the payment by a city of one-fifth of its municipal taxes into the royal treasury as a condition of being granted a charter

Derived terms

• cicle de les quintes (“circle of fifths”)
• quintar

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

quinta

1. feminine singular of quint

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: quintas, quintât

Verb

quinta

1. third-person singular past historic of quinter

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: quìn‧ta

Adjective

quinta f sg

1. feminine singular of quinto

Noun

quinta f (plural quinte)

1. fifth (female equivalent of quinto)
2. (theater) wing, backstage, side scene
3. fifth gear
4. (education) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade
5. (fencing) quinte

Related terms

• cinque

Anagrams

• quanti

Latin

Numeral

quīnta

1. inflection of quīntus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

quīntā

1. ablative feminine singular of quīntus

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩtɐ
• Hyphenation: quin‧ta

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa, from Latin quintana.

Noun

quinta f (plural quintas)

1. wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)
2. a country estate
3. a manor or country mansion
4. a small agricultural holding
5. (Azores) orange grove

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quinta, from Latin quintam.

Adjective

quinta

1. feminine singular of quinto

   Synonym: 5ª (abbreviation)

Noun

quinta f (plural quintas)

1. ellipsis of quinta-feira

Adverb

quinta (not comparable)

1. ellipsis of quinta-feira

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quinta

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

Further reading

• “quinta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quinta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin quintana – cognate to English quintain (“a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place”) –, the feminine of quintanus (“fifth-ranking”), from quintus (“fifth”), q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinta/ [ˈkĩn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: quin‧ta

Noun

quinta f (plural quintas)

1. villa; country home
2. call-up (to the army)
3. group of people who are the same age; cohort

   Somos todos de la misma quinta

   We are all the same age.

4. (card games) straight flush (in some games)

Derived terms

• entrar en quintas
• llamar a quintas

Adjective

quinta f

1. feminine singular of quinto

Further reading

• “quinta”, 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