protesta

See also: protestá and protestà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈtes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈtes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈtes.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from protestar.

Noun

protesta f (plural protestes)

1. protest

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

protesta

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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

protesta

1. third-person singular past historic of protester

Anagrams

• portâtes

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈtɛsta/ [pɾoˈt̪ɛs̺.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from protestar.

Noun

protesta f (plural protestas)

1. protest

   Synonym: manifestación

Further reading

• “protesta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

protesta

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈtɛs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: pro‧tè‧sta

Etymology 1

Noun

protesta f (plural proteste)

1. protest, remonstrance, complaint, stink

   Synonyms: rimostranza, lamentela

Related terms

• protestare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

protesta

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

Anagrams

• Serpotta, aspretto, portaste, prestato, prostate, sportate, spretato, sterpato, traposte

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ

Verb

protesta

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French protester.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

a protesta (third-person singular present protestează, past participle protestat) 1st conjugation

1. to protest

Conjugation

    conjugation of protesta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a protesta
gerund			protestând
past participle			protestat
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	protestez	protestezi	protestează	protestăm	protestați	protestează
	imperfect	protestam	protestai	protesta	protestam	protestați	protestau
	simple perfect	protestai	protestași	protestă	protestarăm	protestarăți	protestară
	pluperfect	protestasem	protestaseși	protestase	protestaserăm	protestaserăți	protestaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să protestez	să protestezi	să protesteze	să protestăm	să protestați	să protesteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		protestează			protestați
	negative		nu protesta			nu protestați

Related terms

• protest
• protestant
• protestare
• protestat
• protestație

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈtesta/ [pɾoˈt̪es.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: pro‧tes‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from protestar.

Noun

protesta f (plural protestas)

1. protest
2. (law) objection

   Synonym: objeción

Derived terms

• canción protesta

Related terms

• protestar

Etymology 2

Verb

protesta

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

Further reading

• “protesta”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish protesta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈtesta/ [pɾoˈt̪ɛs.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: pro‧tes‧ta

Noun

protesta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. protest

Further reading

• “protesta”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “protesta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.