multa

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

• Hyphenation: mul‧ta
• IPA^(key): /ˈmulta/, [ˈmul̪.ta]

múlta

1. fine

Borrowed from Latin multa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmul.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmul.ta]

multa f (plural multes)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• multar

• “multa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “multa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “multa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “multa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

multa

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

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

• Hyphenation: mul‧ta
• IPA^(key): /mulˈta/, [mʊl̪ˈt̪a]

multá

1. fine (punishment)

From Latin multus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulta]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulta
• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

multa (accusative singular multan, plural multaj, accusative plural multajn)

1. much, a lot

   Antonyms: kelka, malmulta

   Hypernym: pluraj

• multangulo (“polygon”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmul̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ultɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mul‧ta

From Proto-Finnic *multa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *muldō (earlier *muldā), compare Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda, “dust”) and English mould. Cognates include Estonian muld, Votic multõ, Ingrian multa, Livonian mūlda.

multa

1. soil, earth, mold (soil suitable for growing plants, a mixture of mineral soil and humus)
2. (literary) earth (especially as that which covers the dead)

• musta
• muta

• “multa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multa

1. (colloquial) ablative of mä

• minulta

• almut

From Latin multa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

multa f (plural multas)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• multar

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

Borrowed from Spanish multa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulta/, [ˈmul.ta]
• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

multa

1. fine (fee)

multa

1. to fine

Borrowed from Esperanto multa, Latin multus, French moult, Italian molto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulta/

multa

1. many

   Antonym: poka

From Proto-Finnic *multa. Cognates include Finnish multa and Estonian muld.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmuɫt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmultɑ/, [ˈmuɫd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ult, -ultɑ
• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

multa

1. mould (loose soil)

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 317

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ta/
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Hyphenation: mùl‧ta

From Latin multa.

multa f (plural multe)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• multare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multa

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

• multa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• multa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• multa in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• multa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• multa in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• multa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• multa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪ä]
• multa: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmul̪t̪ä]
• multā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.taː/, [ˈmʊɫ̪t̪äː]
• multā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ta/, [ˈmul̪t̪ä]

Perhaps from mulgeō (“to milk, extract”). Compare Latin mulctra.

• mulcta

multa f (genitive multae); first declension

1. fine, monetary penalty

   Synonyms: damnum, (Mediaeval Latin) wīta

   • 69 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caecina 30.98:

     Aut suā voluntāte aut lēgis multā profectī sunt; quam multam sī sufferre voluissent, manēre in cīvitāte potuissent.

     They have gone either of their own accord, or in consequence of some penalty inflicted by the law; though if they had been willing to submit to the penalty, they might have remained in the city.

First-declension noun.

• multō (“to fine”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multa

1. inflection of multus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
   2. nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of multō

• “multa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• multa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• multa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) our generation has seen many victories: nostra aetas multas victorias vidit
    
  • (ambiguous) the day is already far advanced: multus dies or multa lux est
    
  • (ambiguous) till late at night: ad multam noctem
    
  • (ambiguous) late at night: multa de nocte
    
  • (ambiguous) Homer lived many years before the foundation of Rome: Homerus fuit multis annis ante Romam conditam
    
  • (ambiguous) with many tears: multis cum lacrimis
    
  • (ambiguous) I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
    
  • (ambiguous) in many respects; in many points: multis rebus or locis
    
  • (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum afferre ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to experience the ups and downs of life: multis casibus iactari
    
  • (ambiguous) to be severely tried by misfortune: multis iniquitatibus exerceri
    
  • (ambiguous) to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider of importance; to set much (some) store by a thing: multum (aliquid) alicui rei tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to value, esteem a person: multum alicui tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
    
  • (ambiguous) to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be involved in many undertakings; to be much occupied, embarrassed, overwhelmed by business-claims: multis negotiis implicatum, districtum, distentum, obrutum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare)
    
  • (ambiguous) varied, manifold experience: multarum rerum usus
    
  • (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature: multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versari
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
    
  • (ambiguous) for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
    
  • (ambiguous) to enjoy close intercourse with... (of master and pupil): multum esse cum aliquo (Fam. 16. 21)
    
  • (ambiguous) to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
    
  • (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multa verba facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully: multum, nimium esse (in aliqua re) (De Or. 2. 4. 17)
    
  • (ambiguous) he has made several mistakes: saepe (crebro, multa) peccavit, erravit, lapsus est
    
  • (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
    
  • (ambiguous) we are united by many mutual obligations: multa et magna inter nos officia intercedunt (Fam. 13. 65)
    
  • (ambiguous) to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore
    
  • (ambiguous) to prolong a conversation far into the night: sermonem producere in multam noctem (Rep. 6. 10. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)
    
  • (ambiguous) one of the crowd; a mere individual: unus de or e multis
    
  • (ambiguous) to be always considering what people think: multum communi hominum opinioni tribuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to impose a fine (used of the prosecutor or the tribunus plebis proposing a fine to be ratified by the people): multam irrogare alicui (Cic. Dom. 17. 45)
    
  • (ambiguous) a large force, many troops: magnae copiae (not multae)
    
  • (ambiguous) after many had been wounded on both sides: multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus (B. G. 1. 50)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere
    
  • (ambiguous) in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
• “multa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “multa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• latum

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

multa

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

Borrowed from Italian multa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmul.ta/

multa f (plural multi)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

   multa imposta ― an imposed fine

From Latin multa.

multa f (plural multas)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• multar

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

• IPA^(key): /mulˈta/

multa

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• bayad
• parusa

• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

Learned borrowing from Latin multa.

multa f (plural multas)

1. fine; ticket (monetary punishment for a violation)

   Synonym: coima

• multar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multa

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

• “multa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “multa” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “multa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “multa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “multa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmulta/ [ˈmul̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulta
• Syllabification: mul‧ta

From Latin multa.

multa f (plural multas)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• → Bikol Central: multa
• → Cebuano: multa
• → Limos Kalinga: multa
• → Pangasinan: multa
• → Tagalog: multá
• → Waray-Waray: multa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

multa

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

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

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

• IPA^(key): /mulˈta/, [mʊlˈta]
• Hyphenation: mul‧ta

multá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

• bayad
• parusa

• “multa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

multá

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)

Borrowed from Spanish multa (“fine”).

multa

1. fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)