# horta
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin hortus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

horta f (plural hortes)
* orchard, market garden, vegetable garden

#### Related terms

* hort

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔɾta̝/

### Noun

horta f (plural hortas)
* kitchen garden, vegetable garden
    Synonyms: cortiña, eixido, horto, quintal

#### Related terms

* Horta
* hortaliza
* Hortas
* hortelá
* hortelán
* horticultor
* horticultura
* Horto
* horto
* Horto

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔχ.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔɻ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/
* Homophone: Horta
* Audio:(file) (Portugal)
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁtɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾtɐ

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

#### Noun

horta f (plural hortas)
* kitchen garden (garden for growing fruit, vegetables and/or herbs)
    Synonyms: horto, quintal

##### Derived terms

* hortar
* hortazinha (diminutive)
* hortejo (diminutive)
* hortinha (diminutive)
* peixinho-da-horta

##### Related terms

* hortaliça
* hortaliceiro
* hortelã
* hortelão
* horteleiro
* horti-
* hortícula
* horticultor
* horticultura
* horto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

horta
* inflection of hortar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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