verba

See also: Verba, verbā, and верба

Afrikaans

Noun

verba

  1. plural of verbum

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin verba, plural of verbum (word) reanalysed as a singular.

Pronunciation

Noun

verba f (plural verbes)

  1. (in certain fixed expressions) word, speech
  2. joke, prank
    • 1969, Jaume Vidal Alcover, Les quatre llunes:
      Deixaren de parlar de l'hort i feien verbes sobre la llegenda del tresor.
      They left off talking about the garden and made jokes about the legend of the treasure.
    • 2015, Sebastià Alzamora, La malcontenta:
      T'has pensat que ho dic de verbes, Salamanca?
      You thought I said it as a joke, Salamanca?

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Dutch

Noun

verba

  1. plural of verbum

Esperanto

Etymology

From verbo + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈverba]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -erba
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ba

Adjective

verba (accusative singular verban, plural verbaj, accusative plural verbajn)

  1. verbal (pertaining to verbs)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin verbum, from Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (word).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈberβa̝/

Noun

verba f (plural verbas)

  1. word
  2. gab, loquacity

References


    Indonesian

    Etymology

    From Dutch verba (verbs), from Latin verba, verbum, from Proto-Italic *werβom, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (word).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrba]
    • Hyphenation: vèrba

    Noun

    vèrba (first-person possessive verbaku, second-person possessive verbamu, third-person possessive verbanya)

    1. (grammar) verb, a word that indicates an action, event, or state.
      Synonym: kata kerja

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    Latin

    Noun

    verba

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of verbum

    Latvian

    Noun

    verba m

    1. genitive singular form of verbs

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    verba n pl

    1. definite plural of verb

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    verba n pl

    1. definite plural of verb

    Portuguese

    Noun

    verba f (plural verbas)

    1. budget (amount of money set aside for a project)
      Synonym: orçamento

    Spanish

    Noun

    verba f (plural verbas)

    1. loquacity; gift of the gab

    Further reading

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