alta

alta (uncountable)

1. rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals

• Lata, lata, tala

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

alta

1. however

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ta/

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

alta

1. now

Borrowed from Latin altus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/
• Hyphenation: al‧ta
• Rhymes: -alta

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alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)

1. high (in altitude)
   • 2003, Hans-Georg Kaiser (translator), chapter 46, in Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven, →ISBN:

     La suno leviĝis. Freŝe laviĝinte ĝi eliris el sia marbanejo supren en la altan ĉielon.

     The sun rose up. Freshly washed, it left its ocean bath and went up into the high sky.

2. high (in pitch)

   Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.

   I can’t reach the high notes in that song.

3. tall
   • 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:

     Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.

     The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.

4. (figuratively) high-minded, noble

   alta celo

   a noble goal

• malalta

• altaĵo (“hill, rise, elevated area”)
• alte (“high, highly”)
• altebenaĵo (“plateau”)
• alteco (“height; highness”)
• altejo (“height, elevated area”)
• altepreza (“high-priced, costly”)
• altestimi (“to respect”)
• altgrada (“high (in temperature, rank)”)
• altgrade (“to a high degree”)
• alti (“to be high”)
• altigi (“raise, elevate”)
• altiĝi (“rise”)
• altkreska (“tall”)
• altranga (“high-ranking; upper-class”)
• alto (“altitude; elevation; height”)
• alttaksi (“to appreciate, value”)
• altvalora (“valuable”)
• plialtigi (“raise; heighten; increase”)
• plialtiĝi (“rise, get higher”)
• tonalto (“pitch (acoustics)”)

From Proto-Uralic *ëla, whence Estonian all and Hungarian alatt (the ablative singular of ala-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑlt̪ɑ]
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

alta (+ genitive)

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath.

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

   Antonyms: yläpuolelta, yltä

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• alempana
• alhainen

• -ltaa, alat, lata

alta f (plural altas)

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alta

1. feminine singular of alto

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.

alta

1. high
2. tall

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə/

alta m pl

1. vocative plural of alt

alta m sg

1. genitive singular of altadh

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

alta

1. past participle of alt

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.

alta f (Latin spelling)

1. high

alta

1. nominative feminine singular of altus
2. nominative neuter plural of altus
3. accusative neuter plural of altus
4. vocative feminine singular of altus
5. vocative neuter plural of altus

altā

1. ablative feminine singular of altus

• alta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ.tɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɐ/
• Rhymes: -awtɐ

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:

     O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.

     Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.

alta f (plural altas)

1. rise; increase

   Synonym: aumento

2. (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)

   dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta ― to be discharged

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/, [ˈal̪t̪a]

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.

alta f (plural altas)

1. certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baja

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baja

3. tax declaration

• The feminine noun alta is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el alta

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

• dar de alta, darse de alta

• “alta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From English altar.

alta

1. altar

alta

1. dative singular of alt