jeta

See also: Jeta, jetā, jęta, and jętą

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.ta/

• Audio:

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Verb

jeta

1. third-person singular past historic of jeter

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀚𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• जेत (Devanagari script)
• জেত (Bengali script)
• ජෙත (Sinhalese script)
• ဇေတ or ၹေတ (Burmese script)
• เชต or เชตะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩮᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຊຕ or ເຊຕະ (Lao script)
• ជេត (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Derived from jayati 'to conquer'.

Noun

jeta

1. vocative singular of jetar (“conqueror”)

Proper noun

jeta m

1. Jeta, a sponsor of the Buddha, former owner of the site of the Jetavana monastery.

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	jeto	jetā
Accusative (second)	jetaṃ	jete
Instrumental (third)	jetena	jetehi or jetebhi
Dative (fourth)	jetassa or jetāya or jetatthaṃ	jetānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	jetasmā or jetamhā or jetā	jetehi or jetebhi
Genitive (sixth)	jetassa	jetānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	jetasmiṃ or jetamhi or jete	jetesu
Vocative (calling)	jeta	jetā

Declension table of "jeta" (masculine)

Phuthi

Alternative forms

• -jweta

Etymology

From Sotho jwetsa.

Verb

-jéta

1. to tell

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَطْم (ḵaṭm, “snout”). Some senses are derived from the association of prominent lips on angry or sleepy faces.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeta/ [ˈxe.t̪a]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: je‧ta
• Homophone: geta

Noun

jeta f (plural jetas)

1. snout

   Synonym: hocico

2. (Mexico, colloquial) sleep (act)

   Synonyms: dormida, sueño

   voy a echarme una jeta ― I am going to sleep

3. (Mexico, colloquial) anger face

   Synonyms: carota, cara larga

   cada vez que hablo de eso pones tu jeta

   every time I talk about it you show your angry face

4. (Spain, colloquial) insolence, impudence, crust, rind

   Synonyms: cara, caradura, desfachatez, desvergüenza, sinvergonzonería

   • 2008, The New Raemon (lyrics and music), “La cafetera”, in A propósito de Garfunkel:

     Escribiendo en servilletas, que tú tienes mucha jeta
     Ahondando en lo profundo de las mierdas de este mundo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

jeta m or f by sense (plural jetas)

1. (familiar) face, mush, mug, scoundrel (impudent person)

   Synonyms: caradura, descarado, sinvergüenza

Derived terms

• jetón

See also

• cara f
• boca f
• labio m
• cardo m
• nariz f
• siesta f
• enojo m
• disgusto m

Further reading

• “jeta”, 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