# placa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French plaque.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpla.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpla.ka]

### Noun

placa f (plural plaques)
* plate
* (biology) plaque

#### Derived terms

* aplacar
* placa calefactora (“hot plate”)
* placa commemorativa (“commemorative plaque”)
* placa de matrícula (“licence plate”)
* placa de pit (“badge”)
* placa tectònica (“tectonic plate”)
* plaquejar

### Further reading

* “placa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Noun

placa f (plural placas)
* plate
* sign
* tectonic plate

## Italian
### Verb

placa
* inflection of placare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

plācā
* second-person singular present active imperative of plācō

### References

* placa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From French plaque (“plaque, plate”), from Dutch placke, from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpla.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: pla‧ca

#### Noun

placa f (plural placas)
* plate (a flat metallic object)
* street sign
* (dentistry) dental plaque
* (Brazil) license plate
* (electronics) circuit board
* (seismology) tectonic plate

##### Synonyms

* (plate): chapa, lâmina
* (dental plaque): placa dentária
* (license plate): chapa (Portugal)
* (circuit board): placa de circuito
* (tectonic plate): placa tectónica

##### Derived terms

* antiplaca
* gol de placa
* placa crivada
* placa de circuito impresso
* placa de expansão
* placa de memória
* placa óssea
* placa-mãe

##### Related terms

* emplacado
* emplacamento
* emplacar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

placa
* inflection of placar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquer.

### Verb

a placa (third-person singular present plachează, past participle placat) 1st conjugation
* to plate

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplaka/ [ˈpla.ka]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: pla‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French plaque.

#### Noun

placa f (plural placas)
* plate
* shield, sign
* badge
* choppers (artificial teeth)
    Synonyms: dentadura postiza, dentadura
* (geology) plate
* (dentistry) tartar
* a game played in the Dominican Republic which is similar to cricket
    Synonym: plaquita
* (electronics) board
    placa madre ― motherboard

##### Derived terms

* placa base
* placa de cocción
* placa de Petri
* placa dentobacteriana
* placa madre
* placa tectónica
* tectónica de placas

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

placa
* inflection of placar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Further reading

* “placa”, 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