Definify.com
Definition 2025
pata
pata
Albanian
Verb
pata (first-person singular past tense pasur)
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pęta. Cognate with Bulgarian пета (peta), Polish pięta, Slovene peta, Russian пята (pjata), Slovak päta. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path; to walk”) or *(s)pen- (“to pull, stretch, spin”).[1] Non-Slavic cognates include Pashto پونده (pūndaʿh, “heel”) and Old Prussian pentis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpata/
Noun
pata f
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ↑ pata in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Finnish
Etymology 1
From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *pata as Hungarian fazék.
Noun
pata
Declension
| Inflection of pata (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pata | padat | |
| genitive | padan | patojen | |
| partitive | pataa | patoja | |
| illative | pataan | patoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pata | padat | |
| accusative | nom. | pata | padat |
| gen. | padan | ||
| genitive | padan | patojen patainrare |
|
| partitive | pataa | patoja | |
| inessive | padassa | padoissa | |
| elative | padasta | padoista | |
| illative | pataan | patoihin | |
| adessive | padalla | padoilla | |
| ablative | padalta | padoilta | |
| allative | padalle | padoille | |
| essive | patana | patoina | |
| translative | padaksi | padoiksi | |
| instructive | — | padoin | |
| abessive | padatta | padoitta | |
| comitative | — | patoineen | |
Derived terms
Compounds
|
|
Etymology 2
Noun
pata
- (card games) spades (suit in playing cards)
- patakymppi
- ten of spades
- patakymppi
- (card games) spade (a card of spades)
Declension
| Inflection of pata (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pata | padat | |
| genitive | padan | patojen | |
| partitive | pataa | patoja | |
| illative | pataan | patoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pata | padat | |
| accusative | nom. | pata | padat |
| gen. | padan | ||
| genitive | padan | patojen patainrare |
|
| partitive | pataa | patoja | |
| inessive | padassa | padoissa | |
| elative | padasta | padoista | |
| illative | pataan | patoihin | |
| adessive | padalla | padoilla | |
| ablative | padalta | padoilta | |
| allative | padalle | padoille | |
| essive | patana | patoina | |
| translative | padaksi | padoiksi | |
| instructive | — | padoin | |
| abessive | padatta | padoitta | |
| comitative | — | patoineen | |
Compounds
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably from a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian peta, Slovak päta, Russian пята (pjata, “heel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒtɒ]
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta
Noun
pata (plural paták)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pata | paták |
| accusative | patát | patákat |
| dative | patának | patáknak |
| instrumental | patával | patákkal |
| causal-final | patáért | patákért |
| translative | patává | patákká |
| terminative | patáig | patákig |
| essive-formal | pataként | patákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | patában | patákban |
| superessive | patán | patákon |
| adessive | patánál | patáknál |
| illative | patába | patákba |
| sublative | patára | patákra |
| allative | patához | patákhoz |
| elative | patából | patákból |
| delative | patáról | patákról |
| ablative | patától | patáktól |
| Possessive forms of pata | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | patám | patáim |
| 2nd person sing. | patád | patáid |
| 3rd person sing. | patája | patái |
| 1st person plural | patánk | patáink |
| 2nd person plural | patátok | patáitok |
| 3rd person plural | patájuk | patáik |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːta
Verb
pata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative pataði, supine patað)
- to gesticulate
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að pata | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
patað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
patandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég pata | við pötum | present (nútíð) |
ég pati | við pötum |
| þú patar | þið patið | þú patir | þið patið | ||
| hann, hún, það patar | þeir, þær, þau pata | hann, hún, það pati | þeir, þær, þau pati | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég pataði | við pötuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég pataði | við pötuðum |
| þú pataðir | þið pötuðuð | þú pataðir | þið pötuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það pataði | þeir, þær, þau pötuðu | hann, hún, það pataði | þeir, þær, þau pötuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
pata (þú) | patið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| pataðu | patiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Lower Sorbian

Etymology
Cognate with Serbo-Croatian pȁtka (“duck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpata/
Noun
pata f
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation

Etymology 1
Unknown, cognate with French patte, from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), of Germanic origin. More at patte.
Noun
pata f (plural patas)
- paw, foot, leg (of an animal).
- (colloquial) human leg, foot, footprint (often used by an angry person)
Etymology 2
Noun
pata f (plural patas)
- feminine equivalent of pato; a female duck
Spanish
Etymology 1
Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (páṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).
Noun
pata f (plural patas)
Etymology 2
Unknown, cognate with French patte, from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), of Germanic origin. More at patte.
Noun
pata f (plural patas)
- paw, foot, leg (of an animal).
- leg (of furniture)
- (colloquial) human leg, foot (often used by an angry person)
- (colloquial) footprint (often used by an angry person)
- pocket flap
- tie, draw
Synonyms
Related terms
- empatar
- patear
- patada
- hacer la pata
- meter la pata