flota

See also: flotá and flóta

English

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


Catalan

Noun

flota f (plural flotes)

  1. crowd
  2. fleet

Czech

Etymology

From German Flotte.

Noun

flota f

  1. naval fleet

Further reading

  • flota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • flota in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Icelandic

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

Old English

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • ǣgflota
  • flotherge
  • flotlic
  • flotman
  • scipflota
  • unfriþflota
  • wǣgflota

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ta/
  • (file)

Noun

flota f

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

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

flȍta f (Cyrillic spelling фло̏та)

  1. fleet

Declension


Spanish

Noun

flota f (plural flotas)

  1. fleet
  2. (Latin America) crowd

Verb

flota

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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.
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