pleca

See also: pleća, plecā, and pleča

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈple.ka]

Noun

pleca f (plural pleques)

1. (typography) vertical bar, divider

   Synonym: barra vertical

Hypernyms

• filet

Further reading

• “pleca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Latvian

Noun

pleca m

1. genitive singular of plecs

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). Compare Aromanian plec, plicari. The semantic shift from "fold" to "leave" may be because to Proto-Romanian speakers, the word became associated with the folding up of tents to leave and move, especially as the pastoral lifestyle was important in their culture (cf. also the Latin expression plicāre tentōria, in the military context of folding up tents in a camp to move on, or French plier bagage). In contrast, Iberian Romance languages developed the opposite meaning from the same Latin word; compare Spanish llegar (“to arrive”), Portuguese chegar (“to arrive”); here, naval tradition was more important and the meaning may have come from folding sails when arriving at port. Doublet of plia, which was borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleˈka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ple‧ca

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a pleca (third-person singular present pleacă, past participle plecat, third-person subjunctive plece) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to leave, depart

   Când pleci la mare?

   When are you leaving for the sea?

2. (reflexive, archaic) to bow

Conjugation

    conjugation of pleca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a pleca
gerund			plecând
past participle			plecat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	plec	pleci	pleacă	plecăm	plecați	pleacă
	imperfect	plecam	plecai	pleca	plecam	plecați	plecau
	simple perfect	plecai	plecași	plecă	plecarăm	plecarăți	plecară
	pluperfect	plecasem	plecaseși	plecase	plecaserăm	plecaserăți	plecaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să plec	să pleci	să plece	să plecăm	să plecați	să plece
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pleacă			plecați
	negative		nu pleca			nu plecați

Derived terms

• plecare
• plecat
• plecăciune

Related terms

• apleca
• îndupleca

See also

• ieși

Further reading

• “pleca”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pleťè. Cognate with Kashubian plecë and Polish plecy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.t͡sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt͡sa
• Syllabification: ple‧ca

Noun

pleca nvir pl

1. back (the rear of body)

Declension

Declension of pleca

	plural
nominative	pleca
genitive	plecōw
dative	plecōm
accusative	pleca
instrumental	plecami/plecōma
locative	plecach
vocative	pleca

Further reading

• pleca in dykcjonorz.eu
• pleca in silling.org

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleka/ [ˈple.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: ple‧ca

Noun

pleca f (plural plecas)

1. (typography) vertical bar, pipe

Further reading

• “pleca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛt͡sa/

Noun

pleca

1. inflection of pleco:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular