chata

See also: chatą

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ха́та (xáta, “house; home”), from Proto-Slavic *xata, from Scythian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxata]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

chata f (related adjective chatový, diminutive chatka)

1. chalet, cabin, hut

Usage notes

• This word is usually used for buildings used as holiday homes, or in compounds like horská chata (a chalet, mountain hut) or lovecká chata (a hunting lodge).

Declension

Declension of chata (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	chata	chaty
genitive	chaty	chat
dative	chatě	chatám
accusative	chatu	chaty
vocative	chato	chaty
locative	chatě	chatách
instrumental	chatou	chatami

Derived terms

• chatař

 

Further reading

• “chata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “chata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “chata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin catta.

Noun

chata f (plural chates) (ORB, broad)

1. female cat

   Coordinate term: chat m

References

• chatte in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• chata in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From tacha, from Old French tache (“stain, blemish”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“sign, token”).

Alternative forms

• tacha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃata̝/

Noun

chata f (plural chatas)

1. defect, blemish
   1. also moral defect
      • c1375, Eladio Oviedo Arce (ed.), "Fragmento de una versión gallega del Código de Las Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio", in López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, pp. 116-129:

        como se pode desfazer a venda do seruo se o vendedor a encobre a chata ou a maldade dela

        how to undo the sale of a serf when the seller hides the blemish or the meanness of this sale

      Palabra por decir non ten chata

      The unspoken word has no blemish

      (proverb)

Synonyms

• defecto
• falta

Derived terms

• tachar

Related terms

• tachola

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *plattus.

Adjective

chata

1. feminine singular of chato

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tacha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “chata” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Garo

Etymology

From Bengali ছাতা (chata).

Noun

chata

1. umbrella

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈxɑt̪ˠə]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈxat̪ˠə]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): [ˈxʊt̪ˠə]

Noun

chata

1. Lenited form of cata.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• chato (Mistralian)

Noun

chata f (plural chatas)

1. girl; young woman

Phuthi

Verb

-chata

1. to pour in a bit

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

chata

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ха́та (xáta, “house; home”), from Proto-Slavic *xata, from Scythian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: cha‧ta

Noun

chata f (diminutive chatka)

1. hut (primitive dwelling)
2. (slang) home; crib; the place where one lives

Declension

Declension of chata

	singular	plural
nominative	chata	chaty
genitive	chaty	chat
dative	chacie	chatom
accusative	chatę	chaty
instrumental	chatą	chatami
locative	chacie	chatach
vocative	chato	chaty

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.tɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: cha‧ta

Adjective

chata

1. feminine singular of chato

Noun

chata f (plural chatas)

1. female equivalent of chato

Spanish

Etymology

See chato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃata/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: cha‧ta

Noun

chata f (plural chatas)

1. (Argentina, Chile) pick-up truck

   Synonyms: camioneta, (N. America) troca, pickup

2. (nautical) wherry (type of ship)

   Synonym: chalana

Adjective

chata

1. feminine singular of chato

Further reading

• “chato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “chato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “chata” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010