# gara
## Albanian
### Noun

gara
* inflection of garë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ɡaɾa/ [ɡa.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -aɾa, -a
* Hyphenation: ga‧ra

### Verb

gara (masculine allocutive gaituk, feminine allocutive gaitun)
* First-person plural (gu) present indicative form of izan.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɡaɾa/ [ˈɡa.ɾ̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: ga‧ra

### Verb

gara
* to misbehave; to act up

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gara
* third-person singular past historic of garer

## Garo
### Noun

gara
* chameleon

#### Synonyms

* ganjappa

## Indonesian
### Noun

gara (plural gara-gara)
* (nonstandard) Alternative form of gahara

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: [ˈɡɑɾˠə]
* (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: [ˈɡaɾˠə]

### Adjective

gara pl
* nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of gar

### Mutation

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Arabic غارة (ḡāra), whence also Spanish algara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Hyphenation: gà‧ra

### Noun

gara f (plural gare)
* competition (the act of competing)
    Synonyms: competizione, scontro
    La gara commerciale tra UE e Stati UnitiThe trade competition between the EU and the US
* (sports) competition; contest; event; race
    Synonyms: competizione, scontro, corsa, incontro

#### Related terms

* gara d'appalto
* gareggiare

### References

* ↑ gara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ “gara”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 6 fio–graul, UTET, 1970, page 583ff.
* ↑ “gara”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini
* ↑ gara in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* Agar, agra, raga

## Japanese
### Romanization

gara
* Rōmaji transcription of がら

## Latin
### Noun

gara
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of garum

### References

* "gara", 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)

## Latvian
### Noun

gara m
* genitive singular of gars

### Adjective

gara
* inflection of garš:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular

## Ledo Kaili
### Noun

gara
* salt

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

Directly from Malay garah or back-formation from bagara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡara/
* Hyphenation: ga‧ra

### Verb

gara
* (transitive) to make fun of, to ridicule, to tease
    Synonym: terek
    Nga gara pa dia la nga dapa bage.You make fun of him and you will be beaten up.

#### Derived terms

* bakugara
* pambagara

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑː.rɑ/

### Noun

gāra
* genitive plural of gār

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ga‧ra
* Homophone: Gara

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German gären.

#### Noun

gara f
* proofing (raising of yeast dough for a final time before baking)
* proofing cabinet (room in a bakery where bread was left to leaven)
    Synonym: garownia

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

gara m
* genitive singular of gar

### Further reading

* gara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French garer.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈra/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ga‧ra

#### Verb

a gara (third-person singular present garează, past participle garat) 1st conjugation
* (transitive, technical) to garage

##### Derived terms

* garare

##### See also

* parca

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ra/
* Rhymes: -ara
* Hyphenation: ga‧ra

#### Noun

gara
* definite nominative/accusative singular of gară (“train station”)

### Further reading

* gara in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Salar
### Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen gara.

### Pronunciation

* (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: [qɑrə]
* (Kasuo, Ashnu, Hualong, Mengda, Qingshui, Xunhua, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: [qɑrɑ]

### Adjective

gara
* black
    Antonym: aq

### References

* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “gara”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “gara”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 113
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “gara”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 292
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gara”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 104

## Shona
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

#### Verb

-gara (infinitive kugara)
* sit, be seated
* stay, live (somewhere)
* stay away from

##### Derived terms

* chigaro (“seat”)
* garo (“buttock”)
* rugare (“peace”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

#### Noun

gara class 5 (plural makara class 6)
* (Manyika) ember
    Synonym: (Standard Shona) vhunze

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gahara (“of royal-birth”). Compare Hindi घराना (gharānā, “family; household; lineage”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaɾaʔ/ [ˈɡaː.ɾɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -aɾaʔ
* Syllabification: ga‧ra

### Noun

garà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ)
* dressiness; elegance in attire
    Synonyms: kisig, kakisigan, kapusturahan, pagkapustura
* splendor; stateliness; pomposity
    Synonyms: dingal, karingalan, rangya, karangyaan

#### Derived terms

* garaan
* kagaraan
* magara
* magmagara
* pagpagaraan

### Further reading

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

## Turkmen
### Alternative forms

قره, قارا, غارا

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɢaɾa]

### Adjective

gara (comparative gararak, superlative iň gara)
* black

#### Derived terms

* garabaş

### Further reading

* “gara” in Enedilim.com
* “gara” in Webonary.org

## Ulch
### Noun

gara
* limb, branch

#### References

* Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɡara/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈɡaːra/, /ˈɡara/

### Verb

gara
* Soft mutation of cara.

### Mutation

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