FromLate Latincincta, plural ofcinctum, variant ofcinctus.
cinta f (pluralcintes)
- ribbon(a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration)
- Synonym:veta
- strip,band(a long, thin piece of any material)
- Synonym:tira
- belt(a device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon)
- videofilm
- Synonyms:film,pel·lícula
- (gymnastics)ribbon
- finishing line ribbon in a race
- policestripe closing a perimeter
- ribbon(an inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer)
- (botany)spider plant
- red bandfish
- Synonyms:codornera,veta
- (fishing) a kind of net that is set vertically in the sea
- (fishing) a kind of boat using such a vertical net
- “cinta”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “cinta”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2026
- “cinta” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cinta” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FromOld Galician-Portuguesecinta (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLate Latincincta, plural ofcinctum, variant ofcinctus.
- IPA(key): /ˈθinta̝/,(western)/ˈsinta̝/
cinta f (pluralcintas)
- band;ribbon
- Synonym:fita
1347, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor,Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page280:It. mando que todas las doas que eu ouuer a o tempo de miña morte assy adubos de panos como yrilandas [grilandas] e relicas [pelicas] ecintas e outras qualesquer doas que eu aia e sse pola uentura estouuere delas ou todas en penora mando que sse tiren e sse den a o prior ffrey Johan nunes con todos los panos de uestir- Item: I order that every trinket that I may have at the time of my death, either clothing ornaments, as well as garlands, pelts,ribbons, and any other trinket that I may have -and in case that they were pawned I command that they should be redeemed- and they should give them to the prior, the friar Johan Nunes, with all of my clothes
1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor,Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page385:It. enna mia hucha que se no Tesouro Icinta de prata de pano de seda verde et outracinta ancha de prata gornida de prata en coyro de lobo.- Item: in my chest which in inside the treasury, a silverband made of green silk cloth, and anotherband embroidered in silver made of wolf's hide
- ironrim ortyre of a cart's wheel
- Synonyms:canterla,ferra,lamia
- (nautical) upperboard of theplanking of aship
- hoop (of abarrel)
- reed canary grass(Phalaris arundinacea)
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González;Granja, María Álvarez de la;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cinta”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cinta”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinta”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinta”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cinta”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
Inherited fromMalaycinta, fromSanskritचिन्ता(cintā,“thinking,sad,care,anxiety,consideration”).
cinta
- love (in general senses)
- (archaic)desire(an eager longing for something)
- (archaic)worry(a strong feeling of anxiety for something)
- (obsolete)sorrow
cinta (passivedicinta)
- tolove
- (archaic) todesire(to wish for earnestly)
- (archaic) toworry
- (obsolete) tosorrow
This verb is often used intransitively with a preposition, except if the object is agerund.
FromLatincincta.
cinta f (pluralcinte)
- walls surrounding a city, castle etc.
- fence surrounding a garden etc.
- perimeter of grounds
- belt
- rampart
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cinta
- inflection ofcintare:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
Borrowed fromSanskritचिन्ता(cintā).
cinta (Jawi spellingچينتا,uncountable)
- affection;feeling oflove;strongattachment towardssomething
2005,A. Samad Said,A. Samad Said: Sebuah antologi puisi yang menghimpunkan karya-karya selama setengah abad [A. Samad Said: An anthology of poems assembled from works spanning half a century], Utusan Publications,page253:Cinta dan sejarah; mencakar langsir dan mencekau pintunya; menyembur bara mantera.- Love and history; scrapes the curtain and claws the door; casts a turbulent spell.
cinta (Jawi spellingچينتا)
- tolove (strictlyromantic)
- akucintapadamu. ―Ilove you.
Platonic love (incl.bromances) between friends, plus parental love between parent and child uses the termsayang.
FromLate Latincincta, plural ofcinctum, variant ofcinctus.
cinta f (pluralcintas)
- belt(band worn around the waist)
- Synonym:cinto
- band(strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together)
- Synonyms:banda,faixa
cinta
- inflection ofcintar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromLate Latincincta, plural ofcinctum, variant ofcinctus.
cinta f (pluralcintas)
- ribbon, worn by girls in the hair
- tape
- ellipsis ofcinta de correr orcinta para correr;treadmill
- (film)ellipsis ofcinta cinematográfica;film
- Synonym:película
2020 June 14, Elvira Lindo, “¡Señorita Escarlata, señorita Escarlata!”, inEl País[1]:Así fue, por ejemplo, enEl nacimiento de una nación (1915) de Griffith, la película fundacional del séptimo arte. Sería impensable hablar de las innovaciones de esacinta, de su osadía visual, y no nombrar la influencia decisiva que tuvo en los linchamientos del Ku Klux Klan.- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
