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Webster 1913 Edition

Vista

Vis′ta

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Vistas
(#)
.
[It., sight, view, fr.
vedere
, p. p.
visto
,
veduto
, to see, fr. L.
videre
,
visum
. See
View
,
Vision
.]
A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue.
The finished garden to the view
Its
vistas
opens, and its alleys green.
Thomson.
In the groves of their academy, at the end of every
vista
, you see nothing but the gallows.
Burke.
The shattered tower which now forms a
vista
from his window.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vista

VIS'TA

,
Noun.
[L. visus, video.] A view or prospect through an avenue, as between rows of trees; hence, the trees or other things that form the avenue.
The finish'd garden to the view its vistas opens and its alleys green.

Definition 2024

vista

vista

See also: višta, vištą, and vistā

English

Noun

vista ‎(plural vistas)

  1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or a passage
  2. A site offering such a view.
  3. (figuratively) A vision, a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
    a vista of pleasure to come‎
    dim vistas of the past‎

Derived terms

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Translations

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Noun

vista f ‎(plural vistes)

  1. vision (sense or ability of sight)
  2. view
  3. celerity
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Synonyms

  • (sense of ability of sight): visión

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Noun

vista f ‎(plural vistes)

  1. view
  2. sight

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Noun

vista f ‎(plural vistas)

  1. view
  2. sight, eyesight

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta

Verb

vista ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vistaði, supine vistað)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to place, to find a place for
  2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative, computing) to save a document, a file, pages etc.
    Vista sem…‎
    Save as…
    Ég vistaði myndirnar sem þú sendir mér.‎
    I saved the pictures you sent me.
    Ég kann ekki að vista myndir af Netinu.‎
    I don’t know how to save images from the Internet.

Conjugation

vistast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vistast
supine
(sagnbót) 		vistast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		vistandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vistast við vistumst present
(nútíð) 		ég vistist við vistumst
þú vistast þið vistist þú vistist þið vistist
hann, hún, það vistast þeir, þær, þau vistast hann, hún, það vistist þeir, þær, þau vistist
past
(þátíð) 		ég vistaðist við vistuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég vistaðist við vistuðumst
þú vistaðist þið vistuðust þú vistaðist þið vistuðust
hann, hún, það vistaðist þeir, þær, þau vistuðust hann, hún, það vistaðist þeir, þær, þau vistuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vistast (þú) vistist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vistastu vististi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Usage notes

  • The computing word vista ‎(“save”) enjoys limited popularity in informal spoken language, where the direct English loan word seiva (from English save) is often used instead, though usually considered nonstandard in more formal or written contexts.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Pronunciation

Participle

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Noun

vista f ‎(plural viste)

  1. sight, eyesight
  2. a view

Related terms

Verb

vista

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

Anagrams

Latvian

Vista

Etymology

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *wéyḱs ‎(“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan [script needed] ‎(vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

vista f (4th declension)

  1. hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)
    mājas vista‎ ― domestic chicken
    vista ar cāļiem‎ ― hen with chicks
    vistas gaļa, olas‎ ― chicken meat, eggs
    vistu kūts‎ ― henhouse
    perētāja vista‎ ― broody hen, sitter
    cekulainā vista‎ ― crested hen
    vistas buljons‎ ― chicken broth

Declension

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vista”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈviʃ.tɐ/
  • Hyphenation: vis‧ta

Etymology

Past participle of ver. From Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective visto.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. (colloquial) eye
  2. sight
    Tenho uma vista normal.‎
    I have normal eyesight.
  3. view
    Mas que vista maravilhosa!‎
    What a marvelous view!

Derived terms

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) vesta

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of video.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) view
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) cheek
  3. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) face

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From the Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin videō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbista/

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Noun

vista f ‎(plural vistas)

  1. sight
  2. view
  3. (law) trial

Derived terms

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See also

Verb

vista

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vestir.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vestir.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vestir.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of vestir.

Verb

vista

  1. Past participle of ver.

References

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian vista ‎(“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere ‎(“to see”), from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō ‎(“I see”). Compare vision, video.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪstə/

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