valsa

See also: Valsa, valsá, and válsa

Catalan

Verb

valsa

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

French

Verb

valsa

1. third-person singular past historic of valser

Anagrams

• lavas

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.sa/
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Hyphenation: vàl‧sa

Participle

valsa f sg

1. feminine singular of valso

Anagrams

• salva, salva-, slava

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• valset

Verb

valsa

1. simple past and past participle of valse

Occitan

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

valsa f (plural valsas)

1. waltz

Related terms

• valsar

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 715.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• walsa (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.sɐ/ [ˈvaʊ̯.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.sɐ/ [ˈvaʊ̯.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.sa/ [ˈvaʊ̯.sa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈval.sɐ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈval.sɐ/ [ˈvaɫ.sɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbal.sɐ/ [ˈbaɫ.sɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsɐ, (Brazil) -awsɐ
• Hyphenation: val‧sa

Etymology 1

 valsa on Portuguese Wikipedia

valsa

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Noun

valsa f (plural valsas)

1. waltz

Related terms

• pé de valsa
• valsar

Etymology 2

Verb

valsa

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French valser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valˈsa/

Verb

a valsa (third-person singular present valsează, past participle valsat) 1st conjugation

1. to waltz

   Synonym: vălțui

Conjugation

infinitive			a valsa
gerund			valsând
past participle			valsat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	valsez	valsezi	valsează	valsăm	valsați	valsează
	imperfect	valsam	valsai	valsa	valsam	valsați	valsau
	simple perfect	valsai	valsași	valsă	valsarăm	valsarăți	valsară
	pluperfect	valsasem	valsaseși	valsase	valsaserăm	valsaserăți	valsaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să valsez	să valsezi	să valseze	să valsăm	să valsați	să valseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		valsează			valsați
	negative		nu valsa			nu valsați

    conjugation of valsa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

Related terms

• vals

Further reading

• valsa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Verb

valsa

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

Swedish

Etymology

vals +‎ -a

Verb

valsa (present valsar, preterite valsade, supine valsat, imperative valsa)

1. (often with ut (“out”)) to roll (something) with a roller (as part of metalworking)
2. to waltz (dance the waltz)
3. (colloquial) to lie

Conjugation

Conjugation of valsa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	valsa		valsas
supine	valsat		valsats
imperative	valsa		—
imper. plural1	valsen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	valsar	valsade	valsas	valsades
ind. plural1	valsa	valsade	valsas	valsades
subjunctive2	valse	valsade	valses	valsades
present participle		valsande
past participle		valsad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• valsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• valsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• valsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)