frota

See also: frotá

Asturian

Verb

frota

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese frota (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɾɔtɐ]

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

1. fleet
   • 1702, Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Pois que sempre algún malsín:

     Toda â Frota vin arder,
     vin volto en Volcan ô mar,
     lume na agua encender,
     homes no Aire correr,
     leños no fogo nadar.

     All the fleet I saw burn,
     I saw, turned into Vulcan the sea,
     fires on the water light
     men in the air run
     logs in the fire swim

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frota”, 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), “frota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔta/

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

1. fleet
   • 1344, Xulián Maure Rivas, editor, Documentos medievais de Santa María de Baiona (1274-1531), page 36:

     que chegara a esta uilla a frota del rey de Portugal, quando auýa gerra con nosso sseñor el rey de Castela, et que queimara esta dita billa et a cassa en que moraua,

     that the fleet of the king of Portugal arrived to this town [Baiona, Galicia], when he was at war with our lord the king of Castile, and it burned this aforementioned town and the house were he used to live

Descendants

• Galician: frota
• Portuguese: frota

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French flotte, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: fro‧ta

Noun

frota f (plural frotas)

1. fleet

Spanish

Verb

frota

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