# gota
## Albanian
### Noun

gota
* inflection of gotë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin gutta.

### Noun

gota f (plural gotes)
* drop (small mass of liquid)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan gota, from Latin gutta. Compare Occitan gota, French goutte, Spanish gota.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

gota f (plural gotes)
* a drop (a small spheroid or amount of liquid)
* (architecture) a gutta
* (heraldry) a goutte
* (pathology) Gout

#### Derived terms

* comptagotes
* degotar
* esgotar
* gota freda
* gotejar
* gotellada
* gotera
* goteta
* ni gota

### References

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

## Finnish
### Noun

gota
* partitive singular of go

### Anagrams

* toga

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gota (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gutta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡota̝/

### Noun

gota f (plural gotas)
* drop, droplet
    Synonym: pinga
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 195:Os mouros, logo que virõ os jnfantes ẽno cãpo, ferirõ os atãbores et veerõ sobre elles tam espessos com̃o as gotas ẽnas chuuyas que caẽThe Moors, as they saw the infants on the field, hit they drums and came over them, as thick as drops in the rain
* epilepsy
* (dated) gout
* spot

#### Derived terms

* gotear
* gotado
* gotalla
* gotarén
* goteira

### References

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔta
* Hyphenation: gò‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *gauta, of Gaulish origin.

#### Noun

gota f (plural gote)
* (anatomy) cheek (human or meat-animal), jowl

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

gota
* feminine singular of goto

### References

* ↑ gota in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ gòta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* ↑ gota in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

### Anagrams

* Tago, tago, toga

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish gota, from Latin gutta.

### Noun

gota f (plural gotas)
* drop

## Lombard
### Etymology

From Latin gutta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɔta], [ˈɡuta], [ˈɡutə]

### Noun

gota
* drop

## Nias
### Noun

gota
* mutated form of ota (“udder”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

gota f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter or gotor, definite plural gotene or gotone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of gote
* definite singular of gote

### Etymology 2

From the noun got n (“spawn”).

#### Verb

gota (present tense gotar, past tense gota, past participle gota, passive infinitive gotast, present participle gotande, imperative gota/got)
* (transitive, zoology) to spawn
    Synonym: gyta

### Etymology 3

From gote (“hole”).

#### Verb

gota (present tense gotar, past tense gota, past participle gota, passive infinitive gotast, present participle gotande, imperative gota/got)
* (transitive) to make a hole (in)

### Anagrams

* toga

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan gota, from Latin gutta.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gota f (plural gotas)
* drop (small amount of a liquid)

## Old Norse
### Noun

gota
* accusative/dative/genitive singular of goti

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin gutta.

### Noun

gota f (oblique plural gotas, nominative singular gota, nominative plural gotas)
* drop (small amount of a liquid)
** c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Conortz, era sai eu be:gota d'aiga que chai[a] drop of water that falls

#### Descendants

* Occitan: gota

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese gota, from Latin gutta.

#### Alternative forms

* gôta, gotta (pre-reform spelling)
* gôtta (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡo.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: go‧ta

#### Noun

gota f (plural gotas)
* drop (small mass of liquid)
    Synonym: pingo
* (pathology, uncountable) gout (disease characterised by acute inflammatory arthritis)

##### Derived terms

* gotinha (diminutive), gotazinha (diminutive)
* gotona (augmentative)
* pseudogota

##### Related terms

* gotejar
* guta
* esgotar

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔ.tɐ/

#### Noun

gota f (uncountable)
* folk dance from the Minho region in Portugal, similar to the fandango

## Shabo
### Verb

gota
* (transitive) to burn

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gota, from Latin gutta. Compare English gout.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡota/ [ˈɡo.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: go‧ta

### Noun

gota f (plural gotas)
* a drop or small amount of
* (in the plural) eyedrops
* (medicine) gout
* (heraldry) goutte

#### Derived terms

* caer cuatro gotas
* como dos gotas de agua
* cuentagotas
* gota a gota
* gota china
* gota de lluvia
* gota fría
* gota que colmó el vaso
* gotear
* gotera
* gotita
* gotoso
* sudar la gota gorda
* última gota

### Further reading

* “gota”, 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

### Anagrams

* gato, toga

## Tabaru
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡo.ta/

### Noun

gota
* wood
    'o gota mangogu ― a piece of wood

### References

* Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gota.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡota/ [ˈɡoː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: go‧ta

### Noun

gota (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜆ)
* drop (of medicine)
    Synonym: patak
* (medicine) gout
    Synonyms: piyo, balingtamad

#### Derived terms

* gotahan
* gotahin

#### Related terms

* gota-amargas
* gota-serena
* gotakural
* gotera

### References

* “gota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* toga, taog, tago