Noun: besta
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | besta |
| Plural f | bestas |
Sample Sentences
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aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren. (Neither bird nor beast would eat him for anything.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 124 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/252small.gif] facsimile])]
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a beſtia de balaam (Balaam's donkey) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 147 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/285small.gif] facsimile])]
Nouns inflected like besta
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). See: Latin Nouns '
bēstia'.
Verbs referencing "besta"
Old Spanish Nouns
bestia, Galician Nouns
besta, Portuguese Nouns
besta.
Translations