visita

See also: vìsita, visitá, and visità

English

Etymology

Spanish visita

Noun

visita (plural visitas)

1. (Philippines, historical) The chapel at the center of a barrio.

Asturian

Noun

visita f (plural visites)

1. visit

Related terms

• visitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈzi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [viˈzi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [viˈzi.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from visitar.

Noun

visita f (plural visites)

1. visit (act of visiting)
2. visitor

Derived terms

• visita de metge

Etymology 2

Verb

visita

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

Further reading

• “visita”, 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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

visita

1. third-person singular past historic of visiter

Anagrams

• visait

Galician

Verb

visita

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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈsi.ta/

Verb

visita

1. present of visitar
2. imperative of visitar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.zi.ta/
• Rhymes: -izita
• Hyphenation: vì‧si‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from visitare (“to visit”) +‎ -a.

Noun

visita f (plural visite)

1. visit

Related terms

• visitandina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

visita

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

Anagrams

• stiavi, stivai, sviati, svitai, vistai

Latin

Verb

vīsitā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīsitō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈzi.tɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈzi.tɐ/, /vɨˈzi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈzi.tɐ/, /vɨˈzi.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈzi.tɐ/, /bɨˈzi.tɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vi‧si‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from visitar.

Noun

visita f (plural visitas)

1. visit
2. visitor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

visita

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈsita/ [biˈsi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: vi‧si‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from visitar.

Noun

visita f (plural visitas)

1. visit
2. visitor
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 45:

     En una casa de Limache oyeron los moradores y visitas que estaban esa noche reunidos, gritar desaforadamente un Chonchón.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (Philippines, historical) chapel at the center of a barrio

Derived terms

• libro de visitas
• tarjeta de visita
• visita conyugal
• visita domiciliaria
• visita oficial
• visita pastoral

Related terms

• visitandina
• visiteo

Descendants

• Chavacano: visita
• → Basque: bisita
• → Cebuano: bisita
• → Hiligaynon: bisita
• → Tagalog: bisita
• → Yogad: bisita

Etymology 2

Verb

visita

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

Further reading

• “visita”, 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