# conversa
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish.

### Noun

conversa (plural conversas)
* a female converso

### Anagrams

* carvones, overscan

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kumˈbɛr.sə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱˈvɛr.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɱˈvɛɾ.sa]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾsa
* Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from conversar.

#### Noun

conversa f (plural converses)
* conversation, discussion
    Synonym: conversació

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conversa
* inflection of conversar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: conversas, conversât

### Verb

conversa
* third-person singular past historic of converser

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /komˈbɛɾsa/ [komˈbɛɾ.s̺ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾsa
* Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from conversar.

#### Noun

conversa f (plural conversas)
* conversation
    Synonym: conversación
* chat, small talk
    Synonyms: leria, parola

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conversa”, 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), “conversa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “conversa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conversa
* inflection of conversar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conversa f (plural converse)
* lay sister

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conversa
* inflection of conversare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* conserva

## Latin
### Participle

conversa
* inflection of conversus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Participle

conversā
* ablative feminine singular of conversus

### References

* conversa 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
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [kõˈvɛh.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [kõˈvɛh.sɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõˈvɛʁ.sɐ/ [kõˈvɛχ.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõˈvɛɻ.sa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõˈvɛɾ.sɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kõˈbɛɾ.sɐ/

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from conversar (“to converse”), from Latin conversō (“to ponder”).

#### Noun

conversa f (plural conversas)
* (uncountable) conversation; talking
    Synonyms: conversação, falação
* an instance of conversation
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:conversa
* (Brazil, informal) bullshit; nonsense (untrue statements intended to deceive)
    Synonyms: papo, conversa fiada, balela, besteira

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conversa.

##### Related terms

* conversa fiada
* conversador
* conversar
* conversável
* converseta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

conversa
* inflection of conversar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

From converter (“to convert”).

#### Adjective

conversa f sg
* feminine singular of converso

#### Noun

conversa f (plural conversas)
* female equivalent of converso

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French converser, from Latin conversari.

### Verb

a conversa (third-person singular present conversează, past participle conversat) 1st conjugation
* to converse

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

* IPA: /komˈbeɾsa/ [kõmˈbeɾ.sa]
* Rhymes: -eɾsa
* Syllabification: con‧ver‧sa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conversa f (plural conversas)
* female equivalent of converso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

conversa
* inflection of conversar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative