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Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m or f (plural atletes)
Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m or f by sense (plural atletes)
- atlètic
- atletisme
- “atleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “atleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “atleta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “atleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Inherited from Spanish atleta (“athlete”).
atleta
atleta (accusative singular atletan, plural atletaj, accusative plural atletajn)
Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m or f (plural atletas)
- atlético
- atletismo
- “atleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m or f by sense (masculine plural atleti, feminine plural atlete)
- biatleta
- triatleta
- atletica
- atletico
- sportivo
- atleta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- aletta, lattea, telata
Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m pers (female equivalent atletka)
- (dated) athlete (sportsman practising strength disciplines such as weightlifting or boxing)
- athlete (extremely physically fit or muscular person)
Synonyms: atletyk, paker, mięśniak, osiłek
atleta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
atleta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon)
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Portuguese atleta
Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō) + -τής (-tḗs).
Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
Hyphenation: a‧tle‧ta
atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)
“atleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
atleta m (Cyrillic spelling атлета)
- (Bosnia, Serbia, historical) fighter (in ancient Greek Olympics)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) a bodybuilding competition winner
- (Bosnia, Serbia) a strongman, athletic person
- sportaš (Croatia), sportista
- “atleta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)
- athlete (competitor in a sport)
- a physically fit person
→ Chavacano: atleta
“atleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Borrowed from Spanish atleta (“athlete”), from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔatˈleta/ [ʔɐt̪ˈl̪ɛː.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: at‧le‧ta
atleta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ)