verba

See also: Verba, verbā, and верба

Afrikaans

Noun

verba

1. plural of verbum

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verba, plural of verbum (“word”) reanalysed as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛr.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɛr.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɛɾ.ba]

Noun

verba f (plural verbes)

1. (in certain fixed expressions) word, speech
2. joke, prank
   • 1969, Jaume Vidal Alcover, Les quatre llunes:

     Deixaren de parlar de l'hort i feien verbes sobre la llegenda del tresor.

     They left off talking about the garden and made jokes about the legend of the treasure.

   • 2015, Sebastià Alzamora, La malcontenta:

     T'has pensat que ho dic de verbes, Salamanca?

     You thought I said it as a joke, Salamanca?

Related terms

• verb
• verbal

Further reading

• “verba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

verba

1. plural of verbum

Esperanto

Etymology

From verbo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈverba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -erba
• Hyphenation: ver‧ba

Adjective

verba (accusative singular verban, plural verbaj, accusative plural verbajn)

1. verbal (pertaining to verbs)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin verbum, from Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberβa̝/

Noun

verba f (plural verbas)

1. word
2. gab, loquacity

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “verba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch verba (“verbs”), from Latin verba, verbum, from Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrba]
• Hyphenation: vèrba

Noun

vèrba (plural verba-verba)

1. (grammar) verb, a word that indicates an action, event, or state

   Synonym: kata kerja

Further reading

• “verba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛr.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛr.ba]

Noun

verba

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of verbum

Latvian

Noun

verba m

1. genitive singular of verbs

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• verbene

Noun

verba n pl

1. definite plural of verb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

verba n pl

1. definite plural of verb

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.bɐ/ [ˈvɛɦ.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.bɐ/ [ˈvɛɦ.bɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.bɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɻ.ba/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈvɛɾ.βɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈvɛɾ.βɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾ.bɐ/ [ˈbɛɾ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧ba

Noun

verba f (plural verbas)

1. budget (amount of money set aside for a project)

   Synonym: orçamento

Spanish

Noun

verba f (plural verbas)

1. loquacity; gift of the gab

Further reading

• “verba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10