Noun: proa
Gender: f
Hyphenation: pro‧a
| Singular f | proa |
| Plural f | proas |
Sample Sentences
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En aquel momento el pobre Plantagenet volvió la proa a Noroeste, y hundió toda la popa en el agua. [1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:]
Nouns inflected like proa
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
Inherited from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra (via dissimilation), borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. Compare Italian proda. See: Latin Nouns '
prōra', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πρῷρα', Italian Nouns '
proda'.
Verbs referencing "proa"
Portuguese Nouns
proa, Italian Nouns
proda.
Translations