taranta
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish atarantar (“to daze; to stun; to rattle”), from Italian taranta (“tarantula”) (in reference to the frantic, erratic behavior or dizziness historically associated with a tarantula's venomous bite).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]taranta
- (intransitive) to lose one's head due to fright or sudden panic.
- Nataranta siya dihang nagpusilay na.
- He panicked when the shoot-out started.
- Ayaw tawn kataranta diha kay mas masayop ka kung mag-una ang imong kahadlok.
- Please don't panic over there because you'll make more mistakes if you let your fear take over.
- (intransitive) to get rattled; to lose one's presence of mind or composure under pressure.
- Nataranta siya dihang gipangutana siyas abogado.
- He got rattled when the lawyer questioned him.
Synonyms
[edit]- ratol / naratol (colloquial; to get flustered, jittery, or panic-stricken)
- kulbaan (to feel a sudden surge of nervous anxiety or dread)
Pali
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Adjective
[edit]taranta
- vocative singular masculine/neuter of tarant, which is present participle of tarati (“to cross over”)
Spanish
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Noun
[edit]taranta f (plural tarantas)
- a subgenre of flamenco
- 2015 November 9, “La picadura de Ludovico Einaudi”, in El País[1]:
- Y eso es lo que hace Einaudi: dotar a la popular y local taranta italiana de colores y tonalidades globales.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “taranta”, 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
Tagalog
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Tagalog taranta
Borrowed from Spanish atarantar (“to daze”), borrowed from Italian attarantare (“to be bitten by a tarantula”), from a- + taranta (regional variant of tarantola) + -are.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taɾanˈta/ [t̪ɐ.ɾɐn̪ˈt̪a]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ta‧ran‧ta
Adjective
[edit]tarantá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Noun
[edit]tarantá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- fluster; discomposure; confused state of mind
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “taranta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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