cata

See also: ćatā, catá, catà, catã, cața, Cața, cață, Cață, căta, câtă, cata-, and Ca-ta

Asturian

Etymology

Back-formation from catar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ca‧ta

Noun

cata f (plural cates)

1. search

   Synonym: busca

2. time when honey is collected from beehives

Derived terms

• a la cata de
• en cata de

Verb

cata

1. third-person singular present indicative of catar
2. second-person singular imperative of catar

References

• “cata”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cata”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Fijian

Verb

cata

1. to hate, loathe, detest
2. to dislike

French

Etymology

Clipping of catastrophe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

1. (informal) disaster

Further reading

• “cata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from catar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑtɐ]

Noun

cata m (plural catas)

1. search; hunt
2. tasting

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑtɐ]

Verb

cata

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

Interjection

cata

1. (dated) watch out, look, beware

   Synonym: catá

   • 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:

     Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.

     Oh, Xan, look, don't get sick, or sentence with malice; watch out, because you are losing the soul

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Dime algùnha còusa dòce
     como habes doito, é catá,
     que si así no no fazèdes,
     me escatìmo, évelo hàs.
     Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
     como estas cousas se fàn,
     è madia tendes, senon
     eu êime de encabuxar.

     Tell me something sweet
     As you used to, but beware,
     if you don't do it like that
     I'll take offence, you'll see.
     You know well, it could not be otherwise,
     how these things are done,
     no doubt about it, or else
     I'll get angry

   • 2005, Hixinio Puentes, Aguillóns do Ortegal, page 271:

     Eu apureime a meter unha tallada de roscón na boca para non ter que brindar con eles por unha causa que se me facía odiosa. Máis dun botoume unha ollada de esguello pero disimulei facendome o distraído. ¡Cata que xa as pagaredes todas xuntas!

     I hurried to put a serving of cake in my mouth, so I don't have to toast with them for a cause that was hateful to me. More than one gazed at me askance, but I dissembled playing the distracted one. Take care, you'll pay them all together!

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cata”, 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), “cata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English charter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃáː.tàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃáː.tàː]

Noun

cātā̀ f (possessed form cātàr̃)

1. charter

Interlingua

Determiner

cata

1. (quantifying) each, every

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt̪ˠə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkat̪ˠə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊt̪ˠə/

Noun

cata m pl

1. vocative plural of cat

Mutation

Mutated forms of cata

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cata	chata	gcata

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Latin

Pronunciation

• cata:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ta]
• catā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.taː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ta]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

Preposition

cata (+ accusative) (Late Latin)

1. by (in the distributive sense)
2. according to

   Synonym: secundum

   • c. 4th century (copied 9th century), Codex Gatianus (VL 30), folio 52^r:

     Euangeliu[m] cata Lucam

     The Gospel according to Luke

3. among, near

Descendants

• Aragonese: cada
• Aromanian: cãte
• Asturian: cada
• Catalan: cada
• Corsican: caa
• Extremaduran: cá, ca
• Old Francoprovençal: cha
  • Franco-Provençal: cha
• Old French: cha, ⇒ Old French: chascun
  • French: cha (dialectal), chacun, chaque
• Galician: cada
• Italian: cadauno
• Leonese: ca
• Mirandese: cada
• Occitan: cada
• Portuguese: cada
• Romanian: câte
• Spanish: cada
• Venetan: cada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cata

1. inflection of catus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

catā

1. ablative feminine singular of catus

References

• “cata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "cata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cata”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Souter, Alexander (1949), “cata”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, pages 41–42

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from catar.

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

1. search

   Synonyms: pesquisa, busca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cata

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

Further reading

• “cata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cata”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cata” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “cata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ca‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from catar.

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

1. tasting

   cata de vinos ― winetasting

2. bite, sample

Etymology 2

Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

1. (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar

   Synonyms: periquito, cata australiana

See also

• cotorra
• perico

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cata

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

Further reading

• “cata”, 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