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besta

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See also: bêsta, bestå, and bésta

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aː

Verb

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besta

  1. inflection of bestaan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
    4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

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Galician

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bestas bravas ("wild horses") in Galicia

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese besta, from Latin bēstia (beast).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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besta f (plural bestas)

  1. beast (quadruped animal)
  2. horse or any other equine
    • 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 295:
      pelas bestas de caualgar et carrega
      for the animals [used] for riding or for carrying load
    • 1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:
      Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.
      They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.
  3. mount
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Virés acò meu Dieguiño
      cando ò tempo milloràr,
      porqe si escorrega á Besta
      è esbarroufàs, alabay.
      You'll come here my little Diego
      when the weather improves
      because if the mount slips
      and you sprawl, here goes nothing!
  4. mare
    Synonym: egua
  5. (figuratively) brute
    Synonym: bruto
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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besta f (plural bestas)

  1. Misspelling of bésta.

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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besta f (definite singular besta, indefinite plural bester or bestor, definite plural bestene or bestone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of beste f
  2. definite singular of beste f

Etymology 2

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Verb

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besta (present tense bestar or bester, past tense besta or beste, supine and past participle besta or best, present participle bestande, imperative best)

  1. Alternative spelling of beste

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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besta

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) neuter definite singular of best

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (beast).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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besta f (plural bestas)

  1. beast (a non-human animal, especially large vertebrate quadrupeds)
  2. beast of burden, donkey

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: besta
  • Portuguese: besta

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese besta, probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (beast). Doublet of bicha.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Noun

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besta f (plural bestas)

  1. beast (any large animal)
  2. beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo)
  3. ass (any of several species of horse-like animals)
  4. (derogatory) fool; idiot (stupid person)
  5. (euphemistic) the Beast; Satan
  6. (by extension) a monster
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Adjective

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besta m or f (plural bestas)

  1. (derogatory) idiotic, stupid
  2. astonished, speechless (extremely surprised)
    Synonyms: estupefato, pasmo

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (crossbow), from Latin bālista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛs.tɐ/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbes.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbɛʃ.tɐ/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbeʃ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɛs.ta/, (nonstandard, but very common) /ˈbes.ta/

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Noun

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besta f (plural bestas)

  1. crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock)
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Verb

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besta

  1. inflection of bestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative