# prata
## English
### Etymology

From Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā), related to Hindi पराठा (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta and paratha.

### Pron

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### Noun

prata (uncountable)
* (chiefly Singapore) Synonym of roti prata (a type fried flatbread that is cooked over a flat grill)
** 2018 September 5, Florence Fong, “Egg Prata With Fish Curry Potato Chips Taste Test: Nice Or Not?”, in Today‎, Singapore, archived from the original on 9 April 2019:The fact that these guys were cocky enough to not merely name this snack a perfectly acceptable prata and curry, but egg prata with fish curry, made us quite certain […].
** 2019 April 5, Shaffiq Alkhatib, “Man jailed over attack on prata cook”, in The Straits Times‎, Singapore:A trio upset with a cook who had denied them free prata slashed him with a knife and left him with a deep wound.

#### Derived terms

* prata bomb

### Anagrams

* apart, rap at

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. Doublet of prato and chato.
Compare Portuguese prata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾata/ [ˈpɾa.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: pra‧ta

### Noun

prata f (uncountable)
* silver
    Synonym: arento (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* herba da prata
* prateiro
* pratería

### References

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpra.ta/, [ˈprät̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpra.ta/, [ˈpräːt̪ä]

### Noun

prāta
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prātum

### References

* "prata", 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)

## Latvian
### Verb

prata
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of prast

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* pratet

### Verb

prata
* inflection of prate:
** simple past
** past participle

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* plata

### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. The term originally meant “flattened” in Latin, having the change in sense to “silver” because it was often made into sheets. Doublet of prato and *chato
Cognate with Old Spanish plata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾata/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: pra‧ta

### Noun

prata f (uncountable)
* silver (metal)
    Synonyms: arento, argento
** 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagrethe goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 318 (facsimile):Como ſanta maria ſſe uingou do crerigo que furtou a prata da cruz.How Holy Mary avenged Herself on the cleric who stole the silver from the cross.
* silver; silverware (any items made from silver)

#### Derived terms

* pratado
* prateiro

#### Descendants

* Fala: plata
* Galician: prata
* Portuguese: prata

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “prata”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “p@ata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prata”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- + *-us. Compare Galician prata and Spanish plata. See also the related prato and chato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾa.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: pra‧ta

### Noun

prata f (usually uncountable, plural pratas)
* (chemistry) silver (chemical element)
* silver (coins)
* silver (cutlery)
* silver (items made from silver)

#### Derived terms

* prataria
* prateação
* prateado
* pratear
* prateira
* prateiro

### Noun

prata f (plural pratas)
* (Brazil, informal) one hundred cents of current currency unit: an entire real, a Brazilian buck
    Synonyms: mango, pila, conto

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From earlier *plata. Compare Spanish Spanish plata.

### Noun

prata
* silver
    Synonym: arghentu

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German praten, compare English prate and prattle, Faroese práta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɑːˌta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

prata (present pratar, preterite pratade, supine pratat, imperative prata)
* to talk, to speak (informally)
    Har du pratat med din bror om den där bilen han skulle sälja?Have you spoken to your brother about that car he intended to sell?

#### Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Synonyms

* tala
* språka
* snacka (colloquial)
* mäla (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* kallprata
* prata i nattmössan
* småprata

#### Related terms

* prat
* pratare

### Further reading

* prata in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* parat, rapat