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cresta

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See also: Cresta

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin crista.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cresta f (plural crestes)

  1. comb, crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles)
  2. crest (the ridge or top of a wave)

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin crista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Hyphenation: cré‧sta

Noun

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cresta f (plural creste)

  1. crest
  2. comb (of a chicken etc.)
  3. ridge (of a mountain)
  4. Mohawk hairstyle
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Occitan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cresta f (plural crestas)

  1. crest, ridge

Portuguese

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Verb

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cresta

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

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (to castrate), Portuguese crestar (collect honey from a beehive). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.

Verb

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a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conjugation

  1. to cut
  2. to notch
  3. to make incisions

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin crista. Doublet of crista.

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Noun

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cresta f (plural crestas)

  1. comb (of a chicken or other bird)
  2. crest (of an animal)
  3. sharp peaks (of a mountain)
  4. ridge (of a wave)
  5. Mohawk hairstyle
    Synonyms: mohicano, iro

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Interjection

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cresta

  1. (Chile) shit (failure)

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