certa

Adjective

certa

1. feminine of cert

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtserta/
• Hyphenation: cer‧ta

Adjective

certa (accusative singular certan, plural certaj, accusative plural certajn)

1. certain, sure
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:

     Mi estas certa, ke kiam ni ilin revidos, ni ne plu rekonos ilin.

     I am sure that when we see them again, we will no longer recognize them.

2. certain, some, determinate
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto unua:

     Nu, en certaj okazoj multe da saĝo estas pli malbona, ol se oni ĝin tute ne havus.

     Now, in certain cases a lot of wisdom is worse than if you had none at all.

Etymology

From Esperanto certa, from English certain, French certain, Italian certo, Spanish cierto.

Adjective

certa

1. certain, sure, guaranteed

Adjective

certa f sg

1. feminine singular of certo

Anagrams

• carte
• cetra
• creta, Creta

Adjective

certa f sg

1. feminine singular of cert

Verb

certā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of certō

Adjective

certa

1. inflection of certus:
   1. nominative and vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative and accusative and vocative neuter plural

certā

1. ablative feminine singular of certus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲer͈ta/

Adjective

certa

1. inflection of cert:
   1. nominative plural feminine and neuter
   2. vocative and accusative plural all genders

Mutation

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.tɐ/

Adjective

certa

1. Feminine singular of adjective certo.

Etymology

From Latin certāre, present active infinitive of certō.

Verb

a certa (third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat) 1st conj.

1. (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
2. to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend