# vista
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɪstə/, IPA: /ˈviːstə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪstə

### Noun

vista (plural vistas)
* A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
** 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 271:The sun soon broke forth from that one dark cloud, gradually melting into light; and the sunbeams and the glittering rain went driving together through the forest glades—those long vistas, of which the slender deer seemed the sole habitants.
** 1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:We had our reward for our high camp and early start, for the sky was still clear, the view magnificent, with fresh vistas to the north of mountains in Tibet, of Gurla Mandhata, massive, majestic to the northeast, and further to the north, a distant pyramid, Kailash, most holy of all mountains in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
* A site offering such a view.
* (figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
    a vista of pleasure to come
    dim vistas of the past
** 2017 December 27, Michael Andor Brodeur, “The meme class of 2017”, in The Boston Globe‎:And while our discourse might be a disaster area, the imaginative vistas of the Internet are far more vast than the modest plot of our feeds.

#### Derived terms

* vistaed

#### Related terms

* visto

#### Translations
### Verb

vista (third-person singular simple present vistas, present participle vistaing, simple past and past participle vistaed)
* (transitive) To make a vista or landscape of.
** 1896, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram:The night had now closed in, and its darkness was only relieved by the wan lamps that vistaed the streets, and a few dim stars that struggled through the reeking haze that curtained the great city.

### References

* “vista”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “vista”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* vitas

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

### Noun

vista f (plural vistes)
* vision (sense or ability of sight)
    Synonym: visión
* view
* celerity
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## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbis.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvis.ta]

### Noun

vista f (plural vistes)
* sight, vision (the ability to see)
* view (the act of seeing or looking at something)
* view (the range of vision)
* view (something to look at, such as scenery)

#### Derived terms

* punt de vista
* vistaire
* vistós

### Participle

vista f sg
* feminine singular of vist

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vista, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbista̝/

#### Noun

vista f (plural vistas)
* view
* sight, eyesight
    Synonym: visión

##### Derived terms

* Boavista
* Vista Alegre

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vista”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vista”, 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), “vista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vista”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vista
* inflection of vestir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɪsta/
* Rhymes: -ɪsta

### Verb

vista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vistaði, supine vistað)
* to place, to find a place for [intransitive or with accusative]
* (computing) to save a document, a file, pages etc. [intransitive or with accusative]
    Vista sem…Save as…
    Ég vistaði myndirnar sem þú sendir mér.I saved the pictures you sent me.
    Ég kann ekki að vista myndir af Netinu.I don’t know how to save images from the Internet.

#### Usage notes

* The computing word vista (“save”) enjoys limited popularity in informal spoken language, where the direct English loan word seiva (from English save) is often used instead, though usually considered nonstandard in more formal or written contexts.

#### Conjugation
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.sta/
* Audio (IT):(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: vì‧sta

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

#### Participle

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

#### Adjective

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

### Etymology 2

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of vedere (“to see”).

#### Noun

vista f (plural viste)
* sight, eyesight, vision, visual acuity
    Hypernym: cinque sensi
* a view, panorama
* (chiefly literary) appearance, look
    Synonyms: apparenza, aspetto, sembianza
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:[…] questa mi porse tanto di gravezza ¶ con la paura ch’uscia di sua vista, ¶ ch’io perdei la speranza de l’altezza.She brought upon me so much heaviness, with the affright that from her aspect came, that I the hope relinquished of the height.

##### Related terms

* a vista

##### Descendants

* → Norwegian Bokmål: vista

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vista
* inflection of vistare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* vista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* stavi, stiva, svita, vasti

## Latvian
### Etymology

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱 (vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vista f (4th declension)
* hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)
    mājas vista ― domestic chicken
    vista ar cāļiem ― hen with chicks
    vistas gaļa, olas ― chicken meat, eggs
    vistu kūts ― henhouse
    perētāja vista ― broody hen, sitter
    cekulainā vista ― crested hen
    vistas buljons ― chicken broth

#### Related terms

* cālis, cālēns
* gailis, gailēns

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vista”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɪsta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsta
* Hyphenation: vis‧ta

#### Adverb

vista
* Only used in a vista (“upon showing”)
* Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vista m or f
* definite feminine singular of vist

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

### Noun

vista f (plural *vistas)
* eyesight
    Synonyms: viso, vison

#### Descendants

* Fala: vista
* Galician: vista
* Portuguese: vista

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “vista”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vista, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈviʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈviʃ.tɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈviʃ.tɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbiʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: vis‧ta

#### Noun

vista f (plural vistas)
* (colloquial) eye; eyeball
    Synonym: (more common) olho
* sight
    Tenho uma vista normal. ― I have normal eyesight.
* view
    Mas que vista maravilhosa! ― What a marvelous view!

##### Derived terms

* dar uma vista de olhos
* vista desarmada

#### Adjective

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

#### Participle

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vista
* inflection of vestir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* vesta (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

### Noun

vista f (plural vistas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) view
* (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) cheek
* (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) face
    Synonym: fatscha

#### Synonyms

* (cheek):
** (Surmiran) missela
** (Puter, Vallader) massella

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbista/ [ˈbis.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: vis‧ta

### Etymology 1

From the Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin videō.

#### Noun

vista f (plural vistas)
* sight, vision, eyesight (the ability to see)
    Synonym: visión
* sight (the act of seeing or witnessing)
    Synonym: visión
* appearance, look (the way something looks)
    Synonyms: aspecto, apariencia
* view (the range of vision)
    a la vista ― in view
* view (something to look at, such as scenery)
* foresight (the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future)
    Synonym: perspicacia
* (law) hearing (a legal procedure done before a judge)

##### Derived terms

* a bien vista
* a la vista
* a la vista de (“in view of”)
* a media vista
* a primera vista
* a simple vista
* a vista de ojos
* al primer golpe de vista
* avistar
* centinela de vista
* comida a la vista
* como la vista
* con vistas a
* dar una vista
* echar una vista
* en vista de
* golpe de vista
* guarda de vista
* hacer la vista gorda
* hasta donde alcanza la vista
* hasta la vista
* nublarse la vista
* punto de vista
* ración de vista
* servidumbre de vistas
* testigo de vista
* tierra a la vista
* tomavistas
* traducción a la vista
* vista aérea
* vista de águila
* vista de lince
* vista de ojos
* vista de pájaro
* vistazo
* vistilla

##### Related terms

* proveer
* ver
* visible
* visión
* visitar
* visto
* visual

#### Adjective

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

#### Participle

vista f sg
* feminine singular of visto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

vista
* inflection of vestir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “vista”, 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