# cata
## Asturian
### Verb

cata
* third-person singular present indicative of catar
* second-person singular imperative of catar

## Fijian
### Verb

cata
* to hate, loathe, detest
* to dislike

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of catastrophe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cata f (plural catas)
* (informal) disaster

### Further reading

* “cata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Back-formation from catar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɑtɐ]

#### Noun

cata m (plural catas)
* search; hunt
* tasting

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɑtɐ]

#### Verb

cata
* inflection of catar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Interjection

cata
* (dated) watch out, look, beware
    Synonym: catá
** 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.Oh, Xan, look, don't get sick, or sentence with malice; watch out, because you are losing the soul
** 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:Dime algùnha còusa dòce como habes doito, é catá, que si así no no fazèdes, me escatìmo, évelo hàs. Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa! como estas cousas se fàn, è madia tendes, senon eu êime de encabuxar.Tell me something sweet As you used to, but beware, if you don't do it like that I'll take offence, you'll see. You know well, it could not be otherwise, how these things are done, no doubt about it, or else I'll get angry
** 2005, Hixinio Puentes, Aguillóns do Ortegal, page 271:Eu apureime a meter unha tallada de roscón na boca para non ter que brindar con eles por unha causa que se me facía odiosa. Máis dun botoume unha ollada de esguello pero disimulei facendome o distraído. ¡Cata que xa as pagaredes todas xuntas!I hurried to put a serving of cake in my mouth, so I don't have to toast with them for a cause that was hateful to me. More than one gazed at me askance, but I dissembled playing the distracted one. Take care, you'll pay them all together!

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cata”, 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), “cata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English charter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃáː.tàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [t͡ʃáː.tàː]

### Noun

cātā̀ f (possessed form cātàr̃)
* charter

## Interlingua
### Determiner

cata
* (quantifying) each, every

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ˈkɑt̪ˠə/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈkat̪ˠə/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /ˈkʊt̪ˠə/

### Noun

cata m pl
* vocative plural of cat

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* cata: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkät̪ä]
* cata: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkäːt̪ä]
* catā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈka.taː/, [ˈkät̪äː]
* catā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.ta/, [ˈkäːt̪ä]

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá).

#### Preposition

cata (+ accusative) (Late Latin)
* by (in the distributive sense)
* according to
    Synonym: secundum
** c. 4th century (copied 9th century), Codex Gatianus (VL 30), folio 52$^r$:Euangeliu[m] cata LucamThe Gospel according to Luke
* among, near

##### Descendants

* Aragonese: cada
* Aromanian: cãte
* Asturian: cada
* Catalan: cada
* Corsican: caa
* Extremaduran: cá, ca
* Old Francoprovençal: cha
** Franco-Provençal: cha
* Old French: cha, chascun
** French: cha (dialectal), chacun, chaque
* Galician: cada
* Italian: cadauno
* Leonese: ca
* Mirandese: cada
* Occitan: cada
* Portuguese: cada
* Romanian: câte
* Spanish: cada
* Venetan: cada

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

cata
* inflection of catus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

catā
* ablative feminine singular of catus

### References

* “cata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "cata", 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)
* cata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Souter, Alexander (1949) “cata”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, pages 41–42

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from catar.

#### Noun

cata f (plural catas)
* search
    Synonyms: pesquisa, busca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cata
* inflection of catar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cata”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “cata”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “cata” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “cata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “cata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “cata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkata/ [ˈka.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: ca‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from catar.

#### Noun

cata f (plural catas)
* tasting
    cata de vinos ― winetasting
* bite, sample

### Etymology 2

Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.

#### Noun

cata f (plural catas)
* (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar
    Synonyms: periquito, cata australiana

##### See also

* cotorra
* perico

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cata
* inflection of catar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cata”, 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