Noun: froita
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | froita |
| Plural f | froitas |
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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dar cada ano I quarteiro de froyta seca, meas castanas et meas nozes (to give each year a quarter of dry fruit [nuts], half of chestnuts and half of walnuts) [1270, M. Romaní Martinez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):]
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da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas (of the fruit of Ledime … they should give a fourth, except peaches and cherries) [1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 439]
Nouns inflected like froita
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fruita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus. Cognate with Portuguese fruta and Spanish fruta. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
fruita', Old Portuguese Nouns '
fruita', Latin Nouns '
fructus', Portuguese Nouns '
fruta', Spanish Nouns '
fruta'.
Verbs referencing "froita"
Portuguese Nouns
fruta.
Translations