# pauta
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Spanish pauta, from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

### Noun

pauta f (plural pautes)
* guideline (on a paper)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pauta, from Latin pacta, plural of pactum. Doublet of pacte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpaw.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpaw.ta]

### Noun

pauta f (plural pautes)
* guideline

#### Derived terms

* pautat

### Further reading

* “pauta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pauta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pauta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pauta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan pauta, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Found in northern dialects but displaced in the south by pata, a modern borrowing from French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpau̯to/

### Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)
* paw

### References

* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 979: “patte” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 76

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Compare Old French poe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpau̯ta/

### Noun

pauta f (oblique plural pautas, nominative singular pauta, nominative plural pautas)
* paw
** 1417–1424, Cathalogus dels apostolis de Roma, fol. 120
    .I. lop mal e cruel e afamat, lo qual pres lo cap entre sas pautas premieras, ses tocar de las dens.A wicked and hungry wolf who took his head between its paws without touching it with its teeth.

#### Descendants

* Occitan: pauta
* →⇒ Basque: potika (“on all fours”)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pauta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 75
* ↑ https://dom-en-ligne.de/dom.php?lhid=1xOZaoGBm65BB8p9HDOET3
* ↑ Raynouard, François Just Marie. 1842. Lexique roman. Paris: Chez Silvestre. Vol IV, p. 465.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpaw.tɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpaw.tɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpaw.ta/ [ˈpaʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpaw.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -awtɐ
* Hyphenation: pau‧ta

### Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

#### Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)
* agenda
* the set of guidelines in a notebook
* (music) staff
* (Brazil, journalism) assignment
    Synonym: agenda

##### Derived terms

* esvaziamento de pauta
* pautal
* pautar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pauta
* inflection of pautar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pauta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “pauta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpauta/ [ˈpau̯.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -auta
* Syllabification: pau‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish pauta, borrowed from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.

#### Noun

pauta f (plural pautas)
* ruler, rule
* guide, rule, pattern, model
* guideline, guiding principle
    seguir las pautas ― follow the guidelines

##### Derived terms

* pautar

##### Descendants

* → Asturian: pauta
* → Catalan: pauta

##### Further reading

* “pauta”, 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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pauta
* inflection of pautar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative