veta

See also: vetá, vetà, and věta

English

Etymology

As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "t" to represent time.

Noun

veta (uncountable)

1. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of theta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

Synonyms

• DvegaDtime

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Anagrams

• evat

Albanian

Noun

veta

1. inflection of vetë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbe.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

veta f (plural vetes)

1. ribbon
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Durant aquest període el meu únic deure era anotar totes les formes de vida que existissin en un petit rectangle, curosament delimitat per vetes i fils.

     During that period, my only duty was to write down all life forms that existed in a small rectangle, carefully delimitated with ribbons and ropes.

2. grain (wood)
3. (geology) vein, seam
4. tagliatelle

   Synonym: tallarina

5. red bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma)

   Synonyms: cinta, codornera, fuet, lligacama

Derived terms

• envetar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veta

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

Further reading

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛta]

Noun

veta

1. inflection of veto:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Latin

Verb

vetā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vetō

References

• "veta", 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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

veta (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vetast, present participle vetande, imperative vet)

1. alternative form of vita

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

Verb

vēta

1. to give, grant, offer

Conjugation

Conjugation of vēta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	vēta				—
participle	vētandi, vētande				vētter
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vētir	vēti, vēte	—		vētti, vētte	vētti, vētte
þū	vētir	vēti, vēte	vēt		vētti, vētte	vētti, vētte
han	vētir	vēti, vēte	—		vētti, vētte	vētti, vētte
vīr	vētum, vētom	vētum, vētom	vētum, vētom		vēttum, vēttom	vēttum, vēttom
īr	vētin	vētin	vētin		vēttin	vēttin
þēr	vēta	vētin	—		vēttu, vētto	vēttin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vētis	vētis, vētes	—		vēttis, vēttes	vēttis, vēttes
þū	vētis	vētis, vētes	—		vēttis, vēttes	vēttis, vēttes
han	vētis	vētis, vētes	—		vēttis, vēttes	vēttis, vēttes
vīr	vētums, vētoms	vētums, vētoms	—		vēttums, vēttoms	vēttums, vēttoms
īr	vētins	vētins	—		vēttins	vēttins
þēr	vētas	vētins	—		vēttus, vēttos	vēttins

Portuguese

Verb

veta

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

Romansh

Etymology 1

From Latin vīta.

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) life

Alternative forms

• vita (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (anatomy, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) waist

Alternative forms

• vita (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter) taglia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeta/ [ˈbe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ve‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vitta.

Noun

veta f (plural vetas)

1. (of wood) vein
2. streak
3. (mining) vein, seam

Derived terms

• vetado
• vetear

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veta

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

Further reading

• “veta”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vita, from Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²veːta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

veta (present vet, preterite visste, supine vetat, imperative vet)

1. to know; to be certain about, to have knowledge or (correct) information about

   Hon vet hur man lagar en trasig bil.

   She knows how to fix a broken car.

   Vem vet?

   Who knows?

   • 1994, Lisa Ekdahl, “Vem vet [Who knows]”, in Lisa Ekdahl‎^[1]:

     Vem vet? Inte du. Vem vet? Inte jag. Vi vet ingenting nu. Vi vet inget idag. [inget is a synonym of ingenting (but also has other senses as the neuter of ingen)]

     Who knows? Not you. Who knows? Not I. We know nothing now. We know nothing today.

   • 1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno‎^[2]:

     Jag vet, jag vet, jag vet att du finns där.

     I know, I know, I know that you are there.

Conjugation

Conjugation of veta (irregular)

	active		passive
infinitive	veta		—
supine	vetat		—
imperative	vet		—
imper. plural1	—		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vet	visste	—	—
ind. plural1	veta	visste	—	—
subjunctive2	vete	visste	—	—
present participle		vetande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• vett
• det vete gudarna
• det vete sjutton

Compounds

• vetenskap
• vetenskapa
• vetgirig
• vetgirighet
• vetsaga

References

• “veta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “veta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “veta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)