gruta

See also: grūta, and grūtā

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾu.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾu.ta]

Noun

gruta f (plural grutes)

1. grotto, cave

Further reading

• “gruta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Verb

gruta

1. third-person singular past historic of gruter

Galician

Alternative forms

• grota

Etymology

Attested in 1401 as a place name ("rua da Grota"). Perhaps borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuta̝/

Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)

1. grotto, cave
2. hole or landslide caused by a flood

Related terms

• groto

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gruta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gruta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• grota

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾu.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: gru‧ta

Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)

1. grotto (small cave)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna

Related terms

• cripta
• grotesco

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuta/ [ˈɡɾu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: gru‧ta

Noun

gruta f (plural grutas)

1. grotto, (small) cave

Related terms

• cripta

 

Further reading

• “gruta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28