gara

See also: Gara, garā, gară, garą, ga ra, ga-ra, and ġara

Basque

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾa/ [ɡa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

gara (masculine allocutive gaituk, feminine allocutive gaitun)

1. First-person plural (gu) present indicative form of izan.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾa/ [ˈɡa.ɾ̪ɐ]

• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

gara

1. to misbehave; to act up

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

gara

1. third-person singular past historic of garer

Garo

Noun

gara

1. chameleon

Synonyms

• ganjappa

Indonesian

Noun

gara

1. Nonstandard form of gahara.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑɾˠə]
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾˠə]

Adjective

gara pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of gar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gara	ghara	ngara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Arabic غارة (ḡāra), whence also Spanish algara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: gà‧ra

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Noun

gara f (plural gare)

1. competition (the act of competing)

   Synonyms: competizione, scontro

   La gara commerciale tra UE e Stati Uniti

   The trade competition between the EU and the US

2. (sports) competition; contest; event; race

   Synonyms: competizione, scontro, corsa, incontro

Related terms

• gara d'appalto
• gareggiare

Anagrams

• Agar, agra, raga

Japanese

Romanization

gara

1. Rōmaji transcription of がら

Latin

Noun

gara

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of garum

References

• gara 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)

Latvian

Noun

gara m

1. genitive singular of gars

Adjective

gara

1. inflection of garš:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Ledo Kaili

Noun

gara

1. salt

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

Directly from Malay garah or back-formation from bagara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

gara

1. (transitive) to make fun of, to ridicule, to tease

   Synonym: terek

   Nga gara pa dia la nga dapa bage.

   You make fun of him and you will be beaten up.

Derived terms

• bakugara
• pambagara

 

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.rɑ/

Noun

gāra

1. genitive plural of gār

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ga‧ra
• Homophone: Gara

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German gären.

Noun

gara f

1. proofing (raising of yeast dough for a final time before baking)
2. proofing cabinet (room in a bakery where bread was left to leaven)

   Synonym: garownia

Declension

Declension of gara

	singular	plural
nominative	gara	gary
genitive	gary	gar
dative	garze	garom
accusative	garę	gary
instrumental	garą	garami
locative	garze	garach
vocative	garo	gary

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gara m

1. genitive singular of gar

Further reading

• gara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French garer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Verb

a gara (third-person singular present garează, past participle garat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive, technical) to garage

Conjugation

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

infinitive			a gara
gerund			garând
past participle			garat
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	garez	garezi	garează	garăm	garați	garează
	imperfect	garam	garai	gara	garam	garați	garau
	simple perfect	garai	garași	gară	gararăm	gararăți	garară
	pluperfect	garasem	garaseși	garase	garaserăm	garaserăți	garaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să garez	să garezi	să gareze	să garăm	să garați	să gareze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		garează			garați
	negative		nu gara			nu garați

Derived terms

• garare

See also

• parca

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ga‧ra

Noun

gara

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gară (“train station”)

Further reading

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

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen gara.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [qɑrə]
• (Kasuo, Ashnu, Hualong, Mengda, Qingshui, Xunhua, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qɑrɑ]

Adjective

gara

1. black

   Antonym: aq

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “gara”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “gara”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[2], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 113
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “gara”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 292
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gara”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 104

Shona

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-jìkada, extensive form of *-jìka.

Verb

-gara (infinitive kugara)

1. sit, be seated
2. stay, live (somewhere)
3. stay away from

Derived terms

• chigaro (“seat”)
• garo (“buttock”)
• rugare (“peace”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ìkádà.

Noun

gara class 5 (plural makara class 6)

1. (Manyika) ember

   Synonym: (Standard Shona) vhunze

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gahara (“of royal-birth”). Compare Hindi घराना (gharānā, “family; household; lineage”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾaʔ/ [ˈɡaː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾaʔ
• Syllabification: ga‧ra

Noun

garà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ)

1. dressiness; elegance in attire

   Synonyms: kisig, kakisigan, kapusturahan, pagkapustura

2. splendor; stateliness; pomposity

   Synonyms: dingal, karingalan, rangya, karangyaan

Derived terms

• garaan
• kagaraan
• magara
• magmagara
• pagpagaraan

 

Further reading

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

Turkmen

Alternative forms

قره, قارا, غارا

Etymology

From Old Turkic kara, from Proto-Turkic *kara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɢaɾa]

Adjective

gara (comparative gararak, superlative iň gara)

1. black

Ulch

Noun

gara

1. limb, branch

References

• Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːra/, /ˈɡara/

Verb

gara

1. Soft mutation of cara.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cara

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cara	gara	nghara	chara

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.