preta

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪtə/

Noun

preta (plural pretas)

1. A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

Etymology

From French prêt, ultimately from Latin praestō (“ready, present, at hand”, adverb). Compare Italian presto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpreta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: pre‧ta

Adjective

preta (accusative singular pretan, plural pretaj, accusative plural pretajn)

1. ready, set (prepared)

   Synonym: preparata

Verb

preta (intransitive)

1. to burst

Etymology

Inherited from Latin petra.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈprɛːtə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈpreːtə]

Noun

preta f (plural prete)

1. stone

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1674: “butta via queste pietre!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “preta”, in Schedario Napoletano

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pre‧ta

Adjective

preta

1. feminine singular of preto

Noun

preta f (plural pretas)

1. female equivalent of preto

Etymology

Borrowed from French prêter.

Verb

a preta (third-person singular present pretează, past participle pretat) 1st conjugation

1. lend itself to