catarata

See also: Catarata

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτης (katarrhā́ktēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈɾa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈɾa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈɾa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐˈɾa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧ra‧ta

Noun

catarata f (plural cataratas)

1. cataract (waterfall of a river or lake that falls from a great height)

   Synonym: catadupa

2. (pathology) cataract (partial or total opacity of the ocular lens)

Further reading

• “catarata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “catarata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταράκτης (kataráktēs, “down-rushing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈɾata/ [ka.t̪aˈɾa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧ra‧ta

Noun

catarata f (plural cataratas)

1. waterfall, cataract

   Synonym: cascada

2. (pathology) cataract (opacity of the lens in the eye)

Further reading

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