atleta

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

atleta m or f (plural atletes)

1. athlete

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

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

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletes)

1. athlete

• atlètic
• atletisme

• “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.

Inherited from Spanish atleta (“athlete”).

atleta

1. athlete

• IPA^(key): /atˈleta/

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

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

1. athletic

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

atleta m or f (plural atletas)

1. athlete

• atlético
• atletismo

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

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

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

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

1. (sports) athlete

• biatleta
• triatleta

• atletica
• atletico

• sportivo

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

• aletta, lattea, telata

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

• IPA^(key): /atˈlɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: at‧le‧ta

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: a‧tle‧ta

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)

1. athlete

• atlético

• “atleta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• àtlēt (Croatia)

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

• sportaš (Croatia), sportista

• “atleta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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

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

atleta m or f by sense (plural atletas)

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

• → Chavacano: atleta

• “atleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

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

atleta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ)

1. athlete

   Synonym: manlalaro

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