casta

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish casta.

Noun

casta (plural castas)

1. (historical) A hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites in Hispanic America during the eighteenth century.

Anagrams

• ACATS

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta/

Adjective

casta

1. feminine singular of cast

Alternative forms

• caste

Etymology

Probably from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), compare English cast.^[1] Alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasta̝/

Noun

casta f (plural castas)

1. species, race or kind
   • 1807, anonymous, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     ben dicen alí que cando un home ten un bocado, nunca lle marran amigos. Dou ó Demo a casta deles Si non sirven para máis.

     wisely they say that a man which has food never is short of friends. I send to hell their kind if they are good for nothing else

2. quality
3. progeny, offspring, group of people who share the same ancestors
4. caste (hereditary class)

References

• “casta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “casta” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “casta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈkɑsˠt̪ˠə]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈkasˠt̪ˠə]

Participle

casta

1. past participle of cas

Adjective

casta

1. twisted, wound
2. complicated, intricate, involved
3. gnarled, bent, wizened

Noun

casta m sg

1. genitive singular of casadh

Mutation

Further reading

• "casta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese casta or Spanish casta, probably of Gothic and Germanic origin.

Noun

casta f (plural caste)

1. caste
2. establishment; the exclusive class of powerful people thought to really rule Italy

Adjective

casta f sg

1. feminine singular of casto (“chaste”)

Anagrams

• tasca

Adjective

casta

1. nominative feminine singular of castus
2. nominative neuter plural of castus
3. accusative neuter plural of castus
4. vocative feminine singular of castus
5. nominative neuter plural of castus

castā

1. ablative feminine singular of castus

References

• casta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: cas‧ta

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”) (from Old Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasta/, [ˈkast̪a]

Etymology 1

Probably of Germanic origin; compare Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”). Alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “casta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.