catapulta

catapulta f (plural catapultes)

1. catapult

catapulta

1. third-person singular present indicative form of catapultar
2. second-person singular imperative form of catapultar

• Homophones: catapultas, catapultât

catapulta

1. third-person singular past historic of catapulter

catapulta f (plural catapulte)

1. catapult
2. staff sling

catapulta

1. third-person singular present indicative of catapultare
2. second-person singular imperative of catapultare

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpul.ta/, [ka.taˈpʊɫ.ta]

catapulta f (genitive catapultae); first declension

1. a catapult

First-declension noun.

• catapultārius

• catapulta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catapulta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catapulta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• catapulta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• catapulta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• catapulta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”), from πάλλω (pállō, “I poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”).

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.ta.ˈpuw.ta/

catapulta f (plural catapultas)

1. catapult

• trabuco, manganela, onagro

• IPA^(key): /kataˈpulta/, [kat̪aˈpul̪t̪a]

From Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs).

catapulta f (plural catapultas)

1. catapult

• catapultar

See the etymology of the main entry.

catapulta

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of catapultar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of catapultar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of catapultar.

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