horta

See also: Horta

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞r.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔɾ.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈɔr.ta]

Noun

horta f (plural hortes)

1. orchard, market garden, vegetable garden

Related terms

• hort

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “horta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “horta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “horta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “horta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾta̝/

Noun

horta f (plural hortas)

1. kitchen garden, vegetable garden

   Synonyms: cortiña, eixido, horto, quintal

Related terms

• Horta
• hortaliza
• Hortas
• hortelá
• hortelán
• horticultor
• horticultura
• Horto
• horto
• Horto

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “orta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “horta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “horta”, 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), “horta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “horta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Uma horta

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈɔχ.tɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.tɐ/

• Homophone: Horta

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁtɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾtɐ

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese orta, from orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Noun

horta f (plural hortas)

1. kitchen garden, vegetable garden (garden for growing fruit, vegetables and/or herbs)

   Synonyms: horto, quintal

Derived terms

• hortar
• hortazinha (diminutive)
• hortejo (diminutive)
• hortinha (diminutive)
• peixinho-da-horta

Related terms

• hortaliça
• hortaliceiro
• hortelã
• hortelão
• horteleiro
• horti-
• hortícula
• horticultor
• horticultura
• horto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

horta

1. inflection of hortar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “horta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “horta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “horta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026