atleta

See also: atléta, and atletą

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletes)

1. athlete

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈlɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈle.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [adˈle.ta]

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletes)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlètic
• atletisme

Further reading

• “atleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “atleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “atleta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “atleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish atleta (“athlete”).

Noun

atleta

1. athlete

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈleta/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: at‧le‧ta
• Rhymes: -eta

Adjective

atleta (accusative singular atletan, plural atletaj, accusative plural atletajn)

1. athletic

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Noun

atleta m or f (plural atletas)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlético
• atletismo

Further reading

• “atleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: a‧tlè‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (masculine plural atleti, feminine plural atlete)

1. (sports) athlete

Derived terms

• biatleta
• triatleta

Related terms

• atletica
• atletico

See also

• sportivo

Further reading

• atleta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• aletta, lattea, telata

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: a‧tle‧ta

Noun

atleta m pers (female equivalent atletka)

1. (dated) athlete (sportsman practising strength disciplines such as weightlifting or boxing)
2. athlete (extremely physically fit or muscular person)

   Synonyms: atletyk, paker, mięśniak, osiłek

Declension

Declension of atleta

	singular	plural
nominative	atleta	atleci/atlety (deprecative)
genitive	atlety	atletów
dative	atlecie	atletom
accusative	atletę	atletów
instrumental	atletą	atletami
locative	atlecie	atletach
vocative	atleto	atleci

Derived terms

adjective

• atletyczny

 

adverb

• atletycznie

 

nouns

• atletyk
• atletyka
• lekkoatletyka

 

Further reading

• atleta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• atleta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ateleta (misspelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.

Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon)

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs)bor.

Latin āthlētalbor.

Portuguese atleta

Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō) + -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtlɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtlɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧tle‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)

1. athlete

Related terms

• atlético
• atletismo
• paratleta

 

Further reading

• “atleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àtlēt (Croatia)

Noun

atleta m (Cyrillic spelling атлета)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, historical) fighter (in ancient Greek Olympics)
2. (Bosnia, Serbia) a bodybuilding competition winner
3. (Bosnia, Serbia) a strongman, athletic person

Coordinate terms

• sportaš (Croatia), sportista

References

• “atleta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtleta/ [aˈt̪le.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: a‧tle‧ta

Noun

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)

1. athlete (competitor in a sport)
2. a physically fit person

Derived terms

• atletismo
• pie de atleta

 

Related terms

• atlético

 

Descendants

• → Chavacano: atleta

Further reading

• “atleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish atleta (“athlete”), from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔatˈleta/ [ʔɐt̪ˈl̪ɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: at‧le‧ta

Noun

atleta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ)

1. athlete

   Synonym: manlalaro

Related terms

• atletiko
• atletiks
• atletismo

 

Further reading

• “atleta” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “atleta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018