"moita" meaning in Portuguese

See moita in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.tɐ] [Brazil], /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.tɐ] [Brazil], /ˈmoj.ta/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.ta] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Portugal] Audio: Pt-pt Moita FF.ogg Forms: moitas [plural], mouta [alternative, dated]
Rhymes: -ojtɐ Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Compare with Galician mouta (“bush, hillock, dune, etc.”), probably from Paleo-Hispanic. Etymology templates: {{unc|pt|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{cog|gl|mouta||bush, hillock, dune, etc.}} Galician mouta (“bush, hillock, dune, etc.”), {{der|pt|qsb-ibe|}} Paleo-Hispanic Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} moita f (plural moitas)
  1. thicket (dense, small growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees) Tags: feminine Synonyms: touça, touceira Related terms: moitão, moitar
    Sense id: en-moita-pt-noun-8~Yaa5Ck Categories (other): Plants Disambiguation of Plants: 15 45 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.tɐ] [Brazil], /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.tɐ] [Brazil], /ˈmoj.ta/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈmoɪ̯.ta] [Southern-Brazil], /ˈmoj.tɐ/ [Portugal] Audio: Pt-pt Moita FF.ogg
Rhymes: -ojtɐ Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} moita
  1. inflection of moitar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: moitar
    Sense id: en-moita-pt-verb-xWdEVAKj Categories (other): Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Plants Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 23 9 37 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of Plants: 15 45 40
  2. inflection of moitar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: moitar
    Sense id: en-moita-pt-verb-711suO65 Categories (other): Plants Disambiguation of Plants: 15 45 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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