Noun: playa
Gender: f
Hyphenation: pla‧ya
| Singular f | playa |
| Plural f | playas |
Sample Sentences
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Afirmaréis seguros que es la capital de España / Pero al llegar agosto, ¡vaya, vaya! / Aquí no hay playa (You will surely affirm that it is the capital of Spain / But when August arrives, wow, wow! / There is no beach here) [1989, “Aquí no hay playa”, performed by The Refrescos:]
Nouns inflected like playa
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
5. Latin plaga?
6. ▲
7. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
8. Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos)
9. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
10. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
11. Ancient Greek πλάγῐος (plágĭos)
12. Ancient Greek πλάγια (plágia)?
13. Late Latin plagia
14. Spanish playa
15. Inherited from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga. Compare Portuguese praia, French plage, Italian spiaggia. See: Latin Nouns '
plaga', Portuguese Nouns '
praia', French Nouns '
plage', Italian Nouns '
spiaggia'.
Verbs referencing "playa"
English Nouns
playa, Asturian Nouns
playa, Swedish Nouns
playa, Italian Nouns
spiaggia, Catalan Nouns
platja, Portuguese Nouns
praia, Italian Nouns
piaggia, French Nouns
plaïe.
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