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Adjective

certa

1. feminine of cert

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtserta/
• Hyphenation: cer‧ta

Adjective

certa ‎(accusative singular certan, plural certaj, accusative plural certajn)

1. certain, sure
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:

     Mi estas certa, ke kiam ni ilin revidos, ni ne plu rekonos ilin.

     I am sure that when we see them again, we will no longer recognize them.

2. certain, some, determinate
   • 1907, L. L. Zamenhof (tr.), La revizoro, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Ревизор by Nikolaj Vasiljeviĉ Gogol, Acto unua:

     Nu, en certaj okazoj multe da saĝo estas pli malbona, ol se oni ĝin tute ne havus.

     Now, in certain cases a lot of wisdom is worse than if you had none at all.

Related terms

• certe
• certi

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto certa, from English certain, French certain, Italian certo, Spanish cierto.

Adjective

certa

1. certain, sure, guaranteed

Antonyms

• necerta ‎(“uncertain, unsettle, not determined, dubious, precarious, unsteady”)

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

certa f sg

1. feminine singular of certo

Anagrams

• carte
• cetra
• creta, Creta

Ladin

Adjective

certa f sg

1. feminine singular of cert

Latin

Verb

certā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of certō

Adjective

certa

1. nominative feminine singular of certus
2. vocative feminine singular of certus
3. nominative neuter plural of certus
4. accusative neuter plural of certus
5. vocative neuter plural of certus

certā

1. ablative feminine singular of certus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.tɐ/

Adjective

certa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective certo.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin certāre, present active infinitive of certō.

Verb

a certa ‎(third-person singular present ceartă, past participle certat) 1st conj.

1. (reflexive) to quarrel, squabble, argue, altercate, row, argufy, wrangle, fall out with someone
2. to scold, chide, rebuke, reprove, reprehend

Conjugation

Derived terms

• certare

See also

• încăiera
• mustra