cascata

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈka.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: ca‧scà‧ta

Etymology 1

From cascare +‎ -ata; cognate with Piedmontese cascà; from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).

Noun

cascata f (plural cascate)

  1. cascade, waterfall
  2. (informal, rare) fall
  3. cascade (hairpiece for women)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → French: cascade
    • → Danish: kaskade
    • → Dutch: cascade
    • → English: cascade
    • → German: Kaskade
    • → Romanian: cascadă
    • → Swedish: kaskad
  • → Maltese: kaskata
  • → Portuguese: cascata
  • → Spanish: cascada
See also

Etymology 2

Participle

cascata f sg

  1. feminine singular of cascato

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cascata (“cascade, waterfall”), ultimately from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈka.tɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʃˈka.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈka.ta/

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: cas‧ca‧ta

Noun

cascata f (plural cascatas)

  1. cascade
    1. waterfall
    2. series of events
    3. big lie
  2. (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

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