flota

Etymology

Spanish. See flotilla.

Noun

flota (plural flotas)

1. A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

References

• flota in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• aloft, float

Noun

flota f (plural flotes)

1. crowd
2. fleet

Etymology

From German Flotte.

Noun

flota f

1. naval fleet

Noun

flota

1. indefinite accusative singular of floti
2. indefinite dative singular of floti
3. indefinite genitive singular of floti
4. indefinite accusative plural of floti
5. indefinite genitive plural of floti

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flutô (“a float; raft; boat; ship”). Cognate with Old Norse floti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflotɑ/

Noun

flota m (nominative plural flotan)

1. sailor
2. ship

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɔ.ta/

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Noun

flota f

1. naval fleet
2. (slang, humorous) money

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flôta/
• Hyphenation: flo‧ta

Noun

flȍta f (Cyrillic spelling фло̏та)

1. fleet

Noun

flota f (plural flotas)

1. fleet
2. (Latin America) crowd

Verb

flota

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of flotar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of flotar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of flotar.