cresta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin crista.

Noun

cresta f (plural creste)

  1. crest
  2. comb (of a chicken etc)
  3. ridge (of a mountain)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

cresta

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

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • încresta

Etymology

Often considered to be from creastă, but more likely ultimately from Latin castrāre, present active infinitive of castrō through metathesis (and thus possibly a doublet of the borrowing castra). Compare Occitan crestar (“to castrate”), Portuguese crestar (“collect honey from a beehive”). See also the change of 'a' to 'e' in rapidus to repede. For the development of the meaning, compare Abruzzo dialect castrá, Calabrian ncastra, ncastratura.

Verb

a cresta (third-person singular present crestează, past participle crestat) 1st conj.

  1. to cut
  2. to notch
  3. to make incisions

Conjugation
    conjugation of cresta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a cresta
gerund crestând
past participle crestat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present crestez crestezi crestează crestăm crestați crestează
imperfect crestam crestai cresta crestam crestați crestau
simple perfect crestai crestași crestă crestarăm crestarăți crestară
pluperfect crestasem crestaseși crestase crestaserăm crestaserăți crestaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să crestez să crestezi să cresteze să crestăm să crestați să cresteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative crestează crestați
negative nu cresta nu crestați

Derived terms
  • crestătură
  • crestare

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin crista. Doublet of crista.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾesta/, [ˈkɾest̪a]

Noun

cresta f (plural crestas)

  1. comb (of a chicken or other bird)
  2. crest (of an animal)
  3. sharp peaks (of a mountain)
  4. ridge (of a wave)
  5. Mohawk hairstyle

Synonyms

(hairstyle): mohicano, iro

Derived terms
  • descrestar
  • sacar la cresta

Interjection

cresta

  1. (Chile) shit (failure)
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