# monta
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From monto (“mountain”) +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonta/
* Hyphenation: mont‧a
* Rhymes: -onta

### Adjective

monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)
* mountainous
    La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj. ― The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ontɑ
* Hyphenation: mon‧ta

### Pronoun

monta
* partitive singular of moni
    monta kertaa ― many times

### Determiner

monta
* many

#### Usage notes

Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.
    Näin kaksi lintua.I saw two birds.
    Näin monta lintua.I saw many birds.
*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

#### Inflection

Same as moni (which see), but with monta as the nominative form; partitive may also be montaa.

#### Derived terms

* montako

#### See also

* montaa

### Further reading

* “monta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -maton, manto, maton

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

monta
* third-person singular past historic of monter

## Galician
### Verb

monta
* inflection of montar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔn̥ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔn̥ta

### Verb

monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)
* (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
    Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

#### Related terms

* mont (“boasting, bragging”)
* montinn (“boastful; conceited”)

## Ingrian
### Alternative forms

* mont

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nt]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ont, -ontɑ
* Hyphenation: mon‧ta

### Determiner

monta (+ partitive)
* how many?
* so many, God knows how many

#### Synonyms

* (how many?): paljo

### Determiner

monta
* partitive singular of moni

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmon.ta/
* Rhymes: -onta
* Hyphenation: món‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

monta f (plural monte)
* covering, leap (of animals)
    stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm
* riding, mount

##### Related terms

* montare

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

monta
* inflection of montare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Manto, manto

## Portuguese
### Verb

monta
* inflection of montar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French monter.

### Verb

a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conjugation
* to assemble, to put together

#### Related terms

* montaj

### Further reading

* monta in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -onta
* Syllabification: mon‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from montar.

#### Noun

monta f (plural montas)
* riding
* mounting
* total, sum total
* importance
    de poca monta ― small-time

##### Derived terms

* de poca monta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

monta
* inflection of montar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “monta”, 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