vista

See also: Vista, višta, vištą, and vistā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō (“I see”). Compare vision, video, visa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪstə/, IPA^(key): /ˈviːstə/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

vista (plural vistas)

1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 271:

     The sun soon broke forth from that one dark cloud, gradually melting into light; and the sunbeams and the glittering rain went driving together through the forest glades—those long vistas, of which the slender deer seemed the sole habitants.

   • 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:

     We had our reward for our high camp and early start, for the sky was still clear, the view magnificent, with fresh vistas to the north of mountains in Tibet, of Gurla Mandhata, massive, majestic to the northeast, and further to the north, a distant pyramid, Kailash, most holy of all mountains in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

2. A site offering such a view.
3. (figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

   a vista of pleasure to come

   dim vistas of the past

Derived terms

• vistaed

Related terms

• visto

Translations

distant view or prospect

• Bulgarian: далечен изглед m (dalečen izgled), перспектива (bg) f (perspektiva)
• Danish: udsigt c, vue n
• Dutch: uitzicht (nl)
• Finnish: näkymä (fi)
• French: vue (fr) f
• Georgian: ხედი (xedi), პერსპექტივა (ṗersṗekṭiva)
• German: Aussicht (de) f
• Greek: θέα (el) f (théa), προοπτική (el) f (prooptikí), άποψη (el) f (ápopsi)
• Italian: prospettiva (it) f, vista (it) f

• Polish: widok (pl) m
• Portuguese: vista (pt)
• Romanian: perspectivă (ro) f, vedere (ro) f
• Russian: вид (ru) m (vid), перспекти́ва (ru) f (perspektíva)
• Spanish: vista (es) f
• Swedish: utsikt (sv) c

site offering such a view

• French: point de vue (fr) m
• Portuguese: vista (pt)

• Romanian: vedere (ro) f
• Spanish: vista (es) f

figuratively: vision

• Finnish: näkymä (fi), tulevaisuudennäkymä, mielikuva (fi)

• Greek: ορίζοντας (el) m (orízontas)

Verb

vista (third-person singular simple present vistas, present participle vistaing, simple past and past participle vistaed)

1. (transitive) To make a vista or landscape of.
   • 1896, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram:

     The night had now closed in, and its darkness was only relieved by the wan lamps that vistaed the streets, and a few dim stars that struggled through the reeking haze that curtained the great city.

References

• “vista” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “vista”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• vitas

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistes)

1. vision (sense or ability of sight)

   Synonym: visión

2. view
3. celerity
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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ta/

Noun

vista f (plural vistes)

1. sight, vision (the ability to see)
2. view (the act of seeing or looking at something)
3. view (the range of vision)
4. view (something to look at, such as scenery)

Derived terms

• punt de vista
• vistós

Verb

vista f sg

1. past participle of veure

Further reading

• “vista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “vista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbista̝/

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

1. view
2. sight, eyesight

   Synonym: visión

Derived terms

• Boavista
• Vista Alegre

References

• “vista” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vista” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vista” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vista” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vista” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsta/
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Verb

vista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vistaði, supine vistað)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to place, to find a place for
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative, computing) to save a document, a file, pages etc.

   Vista sem…

   Save as…

   Ég vistaði myndirnar sem þú sendir mér.

   I saved the pictures you sent me.

   Ég kann ekki að vista myndir af Netinu.

   I don’t know how to save images from the Internet.

Usage notes

• The computing word vista (“save”) enjoys limited popularity in informal spoken language, where the direct English loan word seiva (from English save) is often used instead, though usually considered nonstandard in more formal or written contexts.

Conjugation

vista — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vista
supine (sagnbót)		vistað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vistandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vista	við vistum	present (nútíð)	ég visti	við vistum
	þú vistar	þið vistið		þú vistir	þið vistið
	hann, hún, það vistar	þeir, þær, þau vista		hann, hún, það visti	þeir, þær, þau visti
past (þátíð)	ég vistaði	við vistuðum	past (þátíð)	ég vistaði	við vistuðum
	þú vistaðir	þið vistuðuð		þú vistaðir	þið vistuðuð
	hann, hún, það vistaði	þeir, þær, þau vistuðu		hann, hún, það vistaði	þeir, þær, þau vistuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	vista (þú)	vistið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vistaðu	vistiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vistast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vistast
supine (sagnbót)		vistast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vistandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vistast	við vistumst	present (nútíð)	ég vistist	við vistumst
	þú vistast	þið vistist		þú vistist	þið vistist
	hann, hún, það vistast	þeir, þær, þau vistast		hann, hún, það vistist	þeir, þær, þau vistist
past (þátíð)	ég vistaðist	við vistuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég vistaðist	við vistuðumst
	þú vistaðist	þið vistuðust		þú vistaðist	þið vistuðust
	hann, hún, það vistaðist	þeir, þær, þau vistuðust		hann, hún, það vistaðist	þeir, þær, þau vistuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	vistast (þú)	vistist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vistastu	vististi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vistaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vistaður	vistuð	vistað		vistaðir	vistaðar	vistuð
accusative (þolfall)	vistaðan	vistaða	vistað		vistaða	vistaðar	vistuð
dative (þágufall)	vistuðum	vistaðri	vistuðu		vistuðum	vistuðum	vistuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	vistaðs	vistaðrar	vistaðs		vistaðra	vistaðra	vistaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vistaði	vistaða	vistaða		vistuðu	vistuðu	vistuðu
accusative (þolfall)	vistaða	vistuðu	vistaða		vistuðu	vistuðu	vistuðu
dative (þágufall)	vistaða	vistuðu	vistaða		vistuðu	vistuðu	vistuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	vistaða	vistuðu	vistaða		vistuðu	vistuðu	vistuðu

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.sta/

• Audio (IT)

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: vì‧sta

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Participle

vista f sg

1. feminine singular of visto

Adjective

vista

1. feminine singular of visto

Etymology 2

Noun

vista f (plural viste)

1. sight, eyesight, vision, visual acuity
2. a view, panorama

Hypernyms

• cinque sensi

Related terms

• a vista

Etymology 3

Verb

vista

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

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: vista

Anagrams

• stavi, stiva, svita, vasti

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Latvian

Vista

Etymology

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱‎ (vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vista f (4th declension)

1. hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)

   mājas vista ― domestic chicken

   vista ar cāļiem ― hen with chicks

   vistas gaļa, olas ― chicken meat, eggs

   vistu kūts ― henhouse

   perētāja vista ― broody hen, sitter

   cekulainā vista ― crested hen

   vistas buljons ― chicken broth

Declension

Declension of vista (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vista	vistas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vistu	vistas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vistas	vistu
dative (datīvs)	vistai	vistām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vistu	vistām
locative (lokatīvs)	vistā	vistās
vocative (vokatīvs)	vista	vistas

Related terms

• cālis, cālēns
• gailis, gailēns

 

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪsta/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsta
• Hyphenation: vis‧ta

Adverb

vista

1. Only used in a vista (“upon showing”)
2. Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)

Etymology 2

Noun

vista m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vist

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Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of ver. From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: vis‧ta

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

1. (colloquial) eye; eyeball

   Synonym: (more common) olho

2. sight

   Tenho uma vista normal. ― I have normal eyesight.

3. view

   Mas que vista maravilhosa! ― What a marvelous view!

Derived terms

• dar uma vista de olhos
• vista desarmada

Adjective

vista f sg

1. feminine singular of visto

Verb

vista

1. feminine singular past participle of ver

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• vesta (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) view
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) cheek
3. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) face

   Synonym: fatscha

Synonyms

• (cheek):
  • (Surmiran) missela
  • (Puter, Vallader) massella

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbista/, [ˈbis.t̪a]

Etymology 1

From the Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

1. sight, vision, eyesight (the ability to see)

   Synonym: visión

2. sight (the act of seeing or witnessing)

   Synonym: visión

3. appearance, look (the way something looks)

   Synonyms: aspecto, apariencia

4. view (the range of vision)

   a la vista ― in view

5. view (something to look at, such as scenery)
6. foresight (the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future)

   Synonym: perspicacia

7. (law) hearing (a legal procedure done before a judge)

Derived terms

• a la vista de (“in view of”)
• a primera vista
• a simple vista
• avistar
• comida a la vista
• en vista de
• hacer la vista gorda
• hasta donde alcanza la vista
• hasta la vista
• punto de vista
• tierra a la vista
• tomavistas
• vista aérea
• vista de lince
• vista de pájaro
• vistazo
• vistilla

 

Related terms

• proveer
• ver
• visible
• visión
• visitar
• visto
• visual

 

Verb

vista f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of ver.

Adjective

vista f sg

1. feminine singular of visto

Etymology 2

Verb

vista

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vestir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vestir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vestir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of vestir.

Further reading

• “vista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014