"menta" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmenta/, [ˈmẽn̪.t̪a] Forms: mentas [plural]
Rhymes: -enta Etymology: From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē). Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|menta}} Latin menta, {{cog|ca|menta}} Catalan menta, {{cog|fr|menthe}} French menthe, {{cog|it|menta}} Italian menta, {{der|es|grc|μίνθη}} Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} menta f (plural mentas)
  1. (botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Plants, Menthinae subtribe plants Synonyms: hierba buena
    Sense id: en-menta-es-noun-XtqULStc Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 88 12 Disambiguation of Menthinae subtribe plants: 79 21 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. mint green (color/colour) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Greens
    Sense id: en-menta-es-noun-9J5z31mh Disambiguation of Greens: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: menta coreana, menta de caballo, menta de gato, salsa de menta

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "menta coreana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "menta de caballo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "menta de gato"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "salsa de menta"
    }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "menta"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan menta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "menthe"
      },
      "expansion": "French menthe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "menta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian menta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μίνθη"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mentas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blanco"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "negro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rojo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "carmín"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "carmesí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "naranja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anaranjado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "marrón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "amarillo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "crema"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lima"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "turquesa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "azul-petróleo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "celeste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cerúleo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "azul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "violeta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "añil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "índigo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "magenta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "púrpura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rosa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rosado"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "es:Plants",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Spices and herbs",
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            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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            "Spices and herbs",
            "Lamiales order plants",
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "peppermint",
          "peppermint"
        ],
        [
          "piperita",
          "piperita#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hierba buena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "es",
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            "Colors",
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "text": "menta:"
        }
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        [
          "mint green",
          "mint green"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmenta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmẽn̪.t̪a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-enta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menta"
}
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    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Greens",
    "es:Menthinae subtribe plants",
    "es:Spices and herbs"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "menta coreana"
    },
    {
      "word": "menta de caballo"
    },
    {
      "word": "menta de gato"
    },
    {
      "word": "salsa de menta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "menta"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin menta",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "menta"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan menta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "menthe"
      },
      "expansion": "French menthe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "menta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian menta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μίνθη"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mentas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "menta f (plural mentas)",
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    }
  ],
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    "men‧ta"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "blanco"
    },
    {
      "word": "gris"
    },
    {
      "word": "negro"
    },
    {
      "word": "rojo"
    },
    {
      "word": "carmín"
    },
    {
      "word": "carmesí"
    },
    {
      "word": "naranja"
    },
    {
      "word": "anaranjado"
    },
    {
      "word": "marrón"
    },
    {
      "word": "amarillo"
    },
    {
      "word": "crema"
    },
    {
      "word": "lima"
    },
    {
      "word": "verde"
    },
    {
      "word": "cian"
    },
    {
      "word": "turquesa"
    },
    {
      "word": "azul-petróleo"
    },
    {
      "word": "celeste"
    },
    {
      "word": "cerúleo"
    },
    {
      "word": "azul"
    },
    {
      "word": "violeta"
    },
    {
      "word": "añil"
    },
    {
      "word": "índigo"
    },
    {
      "word": "magenta"
    },
    {
      "word": "morado"
    },
    {
      "word": "púrpura"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "rosado"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "es:Plants"
      ],
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      ],
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          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "peppermint",
          "peppermint"
        ],
        [
          "piperita",
          "piperita#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hierba buena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "menta:"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mint green (color/colour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mint green",
          "mint green"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmenta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmẽn̪.t̪a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-enta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menta"
}

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