# gruta
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

gruta f (plural grutes)
* grotto, cave

### Further reading

* “gruta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Verb

gruta
* third-person singular past historic of gruter

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* grota

### Etymology

Attested in 1401 as a place name ("rua da Grota"). Perhaps borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾuta̝/

### Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)
* grotto, cave
* hole or landslide caused by a flood

#### Related terms

* groto

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grota”, 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), “gruta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gruta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gruta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* grota

### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾu.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -utɐ
* Hyphenation: gru‧ta

### Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)
* grotto (small cave)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna

#### Related terms

* cripta
* grotesco

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɾuta/ [ˈɡɾu.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: gru‧ta

### Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)
* grotto, (small) cave

#### Derived terms

* Las Grutas

#### Related terms

* cripta

### Further reading

* “gruta”, 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