# profeta
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ta

### Noun

profeta m or f (plural profetes)
* prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prophēta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾuˈfe.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾoˈfe.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈfe.ta]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

### Noun

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetes)
* prophet

#### Related terms

* profecia
* profètic
* profetitzar

### Further reading

* “profeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From profeto +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [proˈfeta]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

### Adjective

profeta (accusative singular profetan, plural profetaj, accusative plural profetajn)
* prophetic

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

### Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)
* prophet

#### Related terms

* profecía

### Further reading

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

## Ibanag
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish profeta, from Latin prophēta.

### Noun

profeta
* prophet

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈfɛ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Hyphenation: pro‧fè‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Latin prophēta.

#### Noun

profeta m (plural profeti, feminine profetessa)
* prophet

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

profeta
* inflection of profetare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* prefato

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* propheta

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

### Noun

profeta m (plural profetas)
* prophet

#### Related terms

* profecia
* profetizar
* prophetizador

#### Descendants

* Galician: profeta
* Portuguese: profeta

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pro@?eta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “profeta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈfɛ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuˈfɛ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (most dialects) -ɛtɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɛta
* Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ta

### Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)
* prophet

### Adjective

profeta m or f (plural profetas)
* (Madeira, informal) of, from or relating to Porto Santo
    Synonym: porto-santense

### Noun

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetas)
* (Madeira, informal) native or inhabitant of Porto Santo
    Synonym: porto-santense

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* propheta (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, borrowed from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-) + φημί (phēmí) + -της (-tēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈfeta/ [pɾoˈfe.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ta

### Noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)
* prophet

#### Derived terms

* profetismo

#### Related terms

* profecía
* profético
* profetizar

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: propeta
* → Classical Nahuatl: propheta
* → Tagalog: propeta, pulupeta

### Further reading

* “profeta”, 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