"plata" meaning in Spanish

See plata in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈplata/, [ˈpla.t̪a] Forms: platas [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ata Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets. As with plato, this word may be semi-learned or avoided certain phonetic changes due to use by mainly the upper classes. Compare Portuguese prata, Catalan plata. Displaced Old Spanish ariento from Latin argentum. Compare English plate. Etymology templates: {{der|es|VL.|*platta}} Vulgar Latin *platta, {{der|es|grc|πλατύς||wide}} Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), {{cog|pt|prata}} Portuguese prata, {{cog|ca|plata}} Catalan plata, {{noncog|osp|ariento}} Old Spanish ariento, {{noncog|la|argentum}} Latin argentum, {{cog|en|plate}} English plate Head templates: {{es-adj}} plata m or f (masculine and feminine plural platas)
  1. (heraldry) argent Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: blanco
    Sense id: en-plata-es-adj-n99xExKf Categories (other): Heraldry, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Chemical elements, Colors, Metals Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 59 2 39 Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 51 7 42 Disambiguation of Colors: 54 10 36 Disambiguation of Metals: 49 11 40 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Noun

IPA: /ˈplata/, [ˈpla.t̪a] Forms: platas [plural]
Rhymes: -ata Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets. As with plato, this word may be semi-learned or avoided certain phonetic changes due to use by mainly the upper classes. Compare Portuguese prata, Catalan plata. Displaced Old Spanish ariento from Latin argentum. Compare English plate. Etymology templates: {{der|es|VL.|*platta}} Vulgar Latin *platta, {{der|es|grc|πλατύς||wide}} Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), {{cog|pt|prata}} Portuguese prata, {{cog|ca|plata}} Catalan plata, {{noncog|osp|ariento}} Old Spanish ariento, {{noncog|la|argentum}} Latin argentum, {{cog|en|plate}} English plate Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} plata f (plural platas)
  1. silver Tags: feminine Synonyms: argento
    Sense id: en-plata-es-noun-eM3mTD5H Categories (other): Metals Disambiguation of Metals: 49 11 40
  2. (Latin America) money, dough Tags: Latin-America, feminine
    Sense id: en-plata-es-noun-qmj81Tb- Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Chemical elements, Metals Disambiguation of Chemical elements: 51 7 42 Disambiguation of Metals: 49 11 40 Synonyms: billete, billullo [Argentina, Uruguay], biyuya [Argentina, Uruguay], chenchén [Panama], chimbilín [Panama], chirilicas [El-Salvador], cobre [Argentina, Uruguay], cuartos [Argentina, Uruguay], fasules [Argentina, Uruguay], feria [Mexico, Northern], fierro [Mexico], guita [Argentina, Uruguay], lana [Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay], luz [Bolivia, Mexico], maney [Spain], mangos [Argentina, Uruguay], manteca [Spain], morlacos [Argentina, Uruguay], mosca [Argentina, Spain, Uruguay], pachocha [Mexico], pasta [Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay], patacones [Argentina, Uruguay], pelas [Spain], pisto [Argentina, El-Salvador, Honduras, Uruguay], plata [Argentina, Costa-Rica, Panama, Spain, Uruguay], reales [Argentina, Panama, Uruguay], rupias [Argentina, Uruguay], teca [Argentina, Uruguay], tela [Argentina, Spain, Uruguay], tela marinera [Spain], torbelo [Argentina, Uruguay], verdes [Spain], varos [Mexico], vento [Argentina, Uruguay], villegas [Peru]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plato
Derived forms: a enemigo que huye, puente de plata, adiós mi plata, bodas de plata, como una plata, ducado de plata, edad de plata, en plata, gol de plata, maestre de plata, maravedí de plata, medalla de plata, papel de plata, pececillo de plata, plata de piña, plata o plomo, puente de plata, real de plata, Río de la Plata, siglo de plata, tacita de plata

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "adj",
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        "argent"
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          "argent",
          "argent"
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        "(heraldry) argent"
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        {
          "word": "blanco"
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        "masculine"
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
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      "ipa": "/ˈplata/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈpla.t̪a]"
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      "rhymes": "-ata"
    }
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}

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      "word": "a enemigo que huye, puente de plata"
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    {
      "word": "adiós mi plata"
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    {
      "word": "bodas de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "como una plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "ducado de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "edad de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "en plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "gol de plata"
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    {
      "word": "maestre de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "maravedí de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "medalla de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "papel de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "pececillo de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "plata de piña"
    },
    {
      "word": "plata o plomo"
    },
    {
      "word": "puente de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "real de plata"
    },
    {
      "word": "Río de la Plata"
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    {
      "word": "siglo de plata"
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    {
      "word": "tacita de plata"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "grc",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "wide"
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "prata"
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        "2": "plata"
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        "2": "ariento"
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        "2": "plate"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
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            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "billullo"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
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            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "biyuya"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Panama"
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          "word": "chenchén"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Panama"
          ],
          "word": "chimbilín"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador"
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          "word": "chirilicas"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "cobre"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "cuartos"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "fasules"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "Northern"
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          "word": "feria"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
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          "word": "fierro"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "guita"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Mexico",
            "Peru",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "lana"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "luz"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "maney"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "mangos"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
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          "word": "manteca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "morlacos"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Spain",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "mosca"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
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          "word": "pachocha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Mexico",
            "Spain",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "pasta"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "patacones"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "pelas"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "El-Salvador",
            "Honduras",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "pisto"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Panama",
            "Spain",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "plata"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Panama",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "reales"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "rupias"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
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          "word": "teca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Spain",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "tela"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "tela marinera"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "torbelo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "verdes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "varos"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "vento"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:dinero",
          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "villegas"
        }
      ],
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        "Latin-America",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈplata/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpla.t̪a]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plata"
}

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