placa

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ka/

placa f (plural plaques)

1. plate

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate
2. sign
3. tectonic plate

placa

1. third-person singular present indicative of placare
2. second-person singular imperative of placare

plācā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plācō

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

From French plaque (“plaque, plate”), from Dutch placke, from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ka/, /ˈpla.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ca

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate (a flat metallic object)
2. traffic sign
3. (dentistry) dental plaque
4. (Brazil) license plate
5. (electronics) circuit board
6. (seismology) tectonic plate

• (plate): chapa, lâmina
• (dental plaque): placa dentária
• (license plate): chapa (Portugal)
• (circuit board): placa de circuito
• (tectonic plate): placa tectónica

• emplacado
• emplacamento
• emplacar

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaka/

placa f (plural placas)

1. plate
2. shield, sign
3. badge
4. choppers (artificial teeth)
5. (geology) plate
6. (dentistry) tartar

• (choppers): dentadura postiza, dentadura

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