# multa
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mul‧ta
* IPA: /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul̪.ta]

### Noun

múlta
* fine

#### Derived terms

* magmulta
* makamulta
* mamultahan
* multahan

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin multa.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

multa f (plural multes)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

##### Related terms

* multar

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

multa
* inflection of multar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mul‧ta
* IPA: /mulˈta/ [mʊl̪ˈt̪a]

### Noun

multá
* fine (punishment)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin multus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmulta]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Adjective

multa (accusative singular multan, plural multaj, accusative plural multajn)
* much, a lot
    Antonyms: kelka, malmulta
    Hypernym: pluraj

#### Derived terms

* multangulo (“polygon”)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmul̪t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ultɑ
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *multa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *muldō (earlier *muldā), compare Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust”) and English mould. Cognates include Estonian muld, Votic multõ, Ingrian multa, Livonian mūlda.

#### Noun

multa
* mold, mull (humus); soil or earth suitable for growing plants, a mixture of mineral soil and humus
* (literary) earth (especially as that which covers the dead)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of multa (Kotus type 10*I/koira, lt-ll gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
multani
multani
accusative
nom.
multani
multani
gen.
multani
genitive
multani
multieni multaini $^{rare}$
partitive
multaani
multiani
inessive
mullassani
mullissani
elative
mullastani
mullistani
illative
multaani
multiini
adessive
mullallani
mullillani
ablative
mullaltani
mulliltani
allative
mullalleni
mullilleni
essive
multanani
multinani
translative
mullakseni
mullikseni
abessive
mullattani
mullittani
instructive
comitative
—multineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
multasi
multasi
accusative
nom.
multasi
multasi
gen.
multasi
genitive
multasi
multiesi multaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
multaasi
multiasi
inessive
mullassasi
mullissasi
elative
mullastasi
mullistasi
illative
multaasi
multiisi
adessive
mullallasi
mullillasi
ablative
mullaltasi
mulliltasi
allative
mullallesi
mullillesi
essive
multanasi
multinasi
translative
mullaksesi
mulliksesi
abessive
mullattasi
mullittasi
instructive
comitative
—multinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
multamme
multamme
accusative
nom.
multamme
multamme
gen.
multamme
genitive
multamme
multiemme multaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
multaamme
multiamme
inessive
mullassamme
mullissamme
elative
mullastamme
mullistamme
illative
multaamme
multiimme
adessive
mullallamme
mullillamme
ablative
mullaltamme
mulliltamme
allative
mullallemme
mullillemme
essive
multanamme
multinamme
translative
mullaksemme
mulliksemme
abessive
mullattamme
mullittamme
instructive
comitative
—multinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
multanne
multanne
accusative
nom.
multanne
multanne
gen.
multanne
genitive
multanne
multienne multainne $^{rare}$
partitive
multaanne
multianne
inessive
mullassanne
mullissanne
elative
mullastanne
mullistanne
illative
multaanne
multiinne
adessive
mullallanne
mullillanne
ablative
mullaltanne
mulliltanne
allative
mullallenne
mullillenne
essive
multananne
multinanne
translative
mullaksenne
mulliksenne
abessive
mullattanne
mullittanne
instructive
comitative
—multinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
multansa
multansa
accusative
nom.
multansa
multansa
gen.
multansa
genitive
multansa
multiensa multainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
multaansa
multiaan multiansa
inessive
mullassaan mullassansa
mullissaan mullissansa
elative
mullastaan mullastansa
mullistaan mullistansa
illative
multaansa
multiinsa
adessive
mullallaan mullallansa
mullillaan mullillansa
ablative
mullaltaan mullaltansa
mulliltaan mulliltansa
allative
mullalleen mullallensa
mullilleen mullillensa
essive
multanaan multanansa
multinaan multinansa
translative
mullakseen mullaksensa
mullikseen mulliksensa
abessive
mullattaan mullattansa
mullittaan mullittansa
instructive
comitative
—multineen multinensa :

##### Derived terms

* multainen
* multava
* mullas
* mullos
* Multala
* Multanen
* mullata
* mullittaa
* multaantua
* multautua
* hapanmultamaannos
* hiekkamulta
* kastanjamultamaannos
* keltamulta
* kompostimulta
* kukkamulta
* kylvömulta
* lantamulta
* lehtimulta
* mullanharmaa
* mullanvärinen
* multakerros
* multakokkare
* multamaa
* Multamäki
* multapaakku
* multapenkki
* multapitoinen
* multaseos
* multasieni
* Multisilta
* mustamulta
* punamulta
* puutarhamulta
* ruokamulta
* taimimulta
* turvemulta

##### See also

* musta
* muta

#### Further reading

* “multa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

multa
* (colloquial) ablative singular of mä

#### See also

* minulta

### Anagrams

* almut

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin multa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Noun

multa f (plural multas)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

#### Related terms

* multar

### Further reading

* “multa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul.ta]
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Noun

multa
* fine (fee)

### Verb

multa
* to fine

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto multa, Latin multus, French moult, Italian molto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulta/

### Adjective

multa
* many
    Antonym: poka

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *multa. Cognates include Finnish multa and Estonian muld.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmuɫt]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmuɫd̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ult, -ultɑ
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Noun

multa
* mould (loose soil)

#### Derived terms

* leipämulta
* mullakas
* mullattaa
* mullikko
* mullittaa
* multamaa

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 317

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmul.ta/
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Hyphenation: mùl‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Latin multa.

#### Noun

multa f (plural multe)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

##### Related terms

* multare

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

multa
* inflection of multare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* multa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* multa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* multa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* multa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* multa in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* multa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* multa: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪ä]
* multa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmul̪t̪ä]
* multā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmul.taː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪äː]
* multā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmul̪t̪ä]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *moltā, of unknown origin. Cognates in other Italic languages include Oscan molto and Umbrian 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌖 (mutu).

#### Alternative forms

* mulcta

#### Noun

multa f (genitive multae); first declension
* fine, monetary penalty
    Synonyms: damnum, (Mediaeval Latin) wīta
** 69 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caecina 30.98:Aut suā voluntāte aut lēgis multā profectī sunt; quam multam sī sufferre voluissent, manēre in cīvitāte potuissent.They have gone either of their own accord, or in consequence of some penalty inflicted by the law; though if they had been willing to submit to the penalty, they might have remained in the city.

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Related terms

* multō (“to fine”)

##### Descendants

* Catalan: multa
* English: mulct
* Galician: multa
* Middle French: mulcte
* Italian: multa
* Norwegian: mulkt
* Occitan: multa
* Portuguese: multa
* Sicilian: murta
* Spanish: multa (see there for further descendants)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

multa
* inflection of multus:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
** nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

multā
* second-person singular present active imperative of multō

### References

* “multa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “multa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "multa", 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)
* multa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit (ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est (ambiguous) till late at night: ad multam noctem (ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte (ambiguous) Homer lived many years before the foundation of Rome: Homerus fuit multis annis ante Romam conditam (ambiguous) with many tears: multis cum lacrimis (ambiguous) I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut... (ambiguous) in many respects; in many points: multis rebus or locis (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum afferre ad aliquid (ambiguous) to experience the ups and downs of life: multis casibus iactari (ambiguous) to be severely tried by misfortune: multis iniquitatibus exerceri (ambiguous) to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre (ambiguous) to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem (ambiguous) to consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing: multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuere (ambiguous) to value, esteem a person: multum alicui tribuere (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei (ambiguous) to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re (ambiguous) to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere (ambiguous) to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare) (ambiguous) varied, manifold experience: multarum rerum usus (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est (ambiguous) to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature: multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse) (ambiguous) for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12) (ambiguous) to enjoy close intercourse with... (of master and pupil): multum esse cum aliquo (Fam. 16. 21) (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multum, nimium esse (in aliqua re) (De Or. 2. 4. 17) (ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum) (ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65) (ambiguous) to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore (ambiguous) to prolong a conversation far into the night: sermonem producere in multam noctem (Rep. 6. 10. 10) (ambiguous) much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae) (ambiguous) one of the crowd; a mere individual: unus de or e multis (ambiguous) to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere (ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre (ambiguous) to impose a fine (used of the prosecutor or the tribunus plebis proposing a fine to be ratified by the people): multam irrogare alicui (Cic. Dom. 17. 45) (ambiguous) a large force, many troops: magnae copiae (not multae) (ambiguous) after many had been wounded on both sides: multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus (B. G. 1. 50) (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere (ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
* “multa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “multa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

### Anagrams

* latum

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

### Noun

multa
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian multa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmul.ta/

### Noun

multa f (plural multi)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)
    multa imposta ― an imposed fine

#### Related terms

* mmulta

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin multa.

### Noun

multa f (plural multas)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

#### Related terms

* multar

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mulˈta/

### Noun

multa
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

#### See also

* bayad
* parusa

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.tɐ/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.tɐ/ [ˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuw.ta/ [ˈmuʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmul.tɐ/ [ˈmuɫ.tɐ]
* Hyphenation: mul‧ta

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin multa.

#### Noun

multa f (plural multas)
* fine; ticket (monetary punishment for a violation)
    Synonym: coima

##### Related terms

* multar

##### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Mult

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

multa
* inflection of multar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “multa”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “multa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “multa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “multa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “multa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul̪.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Syllabification: mul‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Latin multa.

#### Noun

multa f (plural multas)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

##### Related terms

* multar

##### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: multa
* → Cebuano: multa
* → Limos Kalinga: multa
* → Pangasinan: multa
* → Tagalog: multá
* → Tausug: multa
* → Waray-Waray: multa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

multa
* inflection of multar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “multa”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /mulˈta/ [mʊlˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: mul‧ta

### Noun

multá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ)
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

#### See also

* bayad
* parusa

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* tumal, mulat

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Spanish multa.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /multa/ [mʊlˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: mul‧ta

### Noun

multa (Sulat Sūg spelling مُلْتَ)
* (Philippines) fine (fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)
    Synonym: dinda (Indonesia, Malaysia)

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

### Noun

multá
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

## Yakan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

### Noun

multa
* fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)