prata

See also: Prata, práta, prāta, and prātā

English

Etymology

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

Noun

prata (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
   • 2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today‎^[1], Singapore, archived from the original on 9 April 2019:

     The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain […].

   • 2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times‎^[2], Singapore:

     A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

Derived terms

• prata bomb

Anagrams

• apart, rap at

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. Doublet of prato and chato.

Compare Portuguese prata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾata/ [ˈpɾa.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pra‧ta

Noun

prata f (uncountable)

1. silver

   Synonym: arento (archaic)

Derived terms

• herba da prata
• prateiro
• pratería

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prata”, 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), “prata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.ta/, [ˈprät̪ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.ta/, [ˈpräːt̪ä]

Noun

prāta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prātum

References

• "prata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

prata

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of prast

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pratet

Verb

prata

1. inflection of prate:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• plata

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. The term originally meant “flattened” in Latin, having the change in sense to “silver” because it was often made into sheets. Doublet of prato and *chato

Cognate with Old Spanish plata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pra‧ta

Noun

prata f (uncountable)

1. silver (metal)

   Synonyms: arento, argento

   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:

     os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre

     the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 318 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria ſſe uingou do crerigo que furtou a prata da cruz.

     How Holy Mary avenged Herself on the cleric who stole the silver from the cross.

2. silver; silverware (any items made from silver)

Derived terms

• pratado
• prateiro

Descendants

• Fala: plata
• Galician: prata
• Portuguese: prata

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “prata”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “p@ata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prata”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. Compare Galician prata and Spanish plata. See also the related prato and chato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: pra‧ta

Noun

prata f (usually uncountable, plural pratas)

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: paládio (Pd)
Next: cádmio (Cd)

1. (chemistry) silver (chemical element)
2. silver (coins)
3. silver (cutlery)
4. silver (items made from silver)

Derived terms

• prataria
• prateação
• prateado
• pratear
• prateira
• prateiro

Noun

prata f (plural pratas)

1. (Brazil, informal) one hundred cents of current currency unit: an entire real, a Brazilian buck

   Synonyms: mango, pila, conto

Sardinian

Etymology

From earlier *plata. Compare Spanish Spanish plata.

Noun

prata

1. silver

   Synonym: arghentu

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German praten, compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑːˌta/

• Audio:

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Verb

prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)

1. to talk, to speak (informally)

   Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?

   Have you spoken to your brother about that car he intended to sell?

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prata (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	prata		pratas
supine	pratat		pratats
imperative	prata		—
imper. plural1	praten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	pratar	pratade	pratas	pratades
ind. plural1	prata	pratade	pratas	pratades
subjunctive2	prate	pratade	prates	pratades
present participle		pratande
past participle		pratad

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

Synonyms

• tala
• språka
• snacka (colloquial)
• mäla (archaic)

Derived terms

• kallprata
• prata i nattmössan
• småprata

Related terms

• prat
• pratare

Further reading

• prata in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• parat, rapat