păta

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păta

Where it comes from

Probably from Vulgar Latin *pictāre, a verb based on Classical Latin pictus (“painted”). For the semantics, cf. Spanish pinta (“stain”) < pintar (“paint”, verb). The normal outcome of /kt/ is /pt/ in Romanian, but the loss of /p/ in this case can be explained as the result of dissimilation from the word-initial /p/. (Compare boteza < baptizāre and possibly pat < pactum.) Doublet of picta, borrowed from the Italian cognate pittare.

verb a păta 1st conjugation · pătează · pătat · a păta · pătând

to stain, blot, speckle, smudge
to soil, taint, blemish

Similar: murdări

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: murdări

In English

sully to corrupt or damage
blot to cause a blot

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@misc{pa_ta_2026,
  title = {păta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/p%C4%83ta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}