vista

vista

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪstə/, IPA(key): /ˈviːstə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstə

Noun

vista (plural vistas)

  1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
  2. A site offering such a view.
  3. (figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

Derived terms

  • vistaed

Related terms

  • visto

Translations

Verb

vista (third-person singular simple present vistas, present participle vistaing, simple past and past participle vistaed)

  1. (transitive) To make a vista or landscape of.

References

  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vista”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “vista”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • vitas

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistes)

  1. vision (sense or ability of sight)
    Synonym: visión
  2. view
  3. celerity
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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbis.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvis.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈvis.ta]

Noun

vista f (plural vistes)

  1. sight, vision (the ability to see)
  2. view (the act of seeing or looking at something)
  3. view (the range of vision)
  4. view (something to look at, such as scenery)

Derived terms

Participle

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of vist

Further reading

  • “vista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “vista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “vista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “vista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vista, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbista̝/

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. view
  2. sight, eyesight
    Synonym: visión
Derived terms
  • Boavista
  • Vista Alegre

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vista”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vista”, 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), “vista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vista”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

vista

  1. inflection of vestir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta

Verb

vista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vistaði, supine vistað)

  1. to place, to find a place for [intransitive or with accusative]
  2. (computing) to save a document, a file, pages etc. [intransitive or with accusative]

Usage notes

  • The computing word vista (“save”) enjoys limited popularity in informal spoken language, where the direct English loan word seiva (from English save) is often used instead, though usually considered nonstandard in more formal or written contexts.

Conjugation

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: vì‧sta

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Participle

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Etymology 2

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of vedere (“to see”).

Noun

vista f (plural viste)

  1. sight, eyesight, vision, visual acuity
    Hypernym: cinque sensi
  2. a view, panorama
  3. (chiefly literary) appearance, look
    Synonyms: apparenza, aspetto, sembianza
Related terms
  • a vista
Descendants
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vista

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vista

  1. inflection of vistare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • vista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • stavi, stiva, svita, vasti

Latvian

Etymology

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱 (vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.

Pronunciation

Noun

vista f (4th declension)

  1. hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)
    mājas vista ― domestic chicken
    vista ar cāļiem ― hen with chicks
    vistas gaļa, olas ― chicken meat, eggs
    vistu kūts ― henhouse
    perētāja vista ― broody hen, sitter
    cekulainā vista ― crested hen
    vistas buljons ― chicken broth

Declension

Related terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta
  • Hyphenation: vis‧ta

Adverb

vista

  1. Only used in a vista (“upon showing”)
  2. Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)

Etymology 2

Noun

vista m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of vist

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Noun

vista f (plural *vistas)

  1. eyesight
    Synonyms: viso, vison

Descendants

  • Fala: vista
  • Galician: vista
  • Portuguese: vista

References

  • Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “vista”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vista, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation: vis‧ta

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. (colloquial) eye; eyeball
    Synonym: (more common) olho
  2. sight
    Tenho uma vista normal. ― I have normal eyesight.
  3. view
    Mas que vista maravilhosa! ― What a marvelous view!
Derived terms
  • dar uma vista de olhos
  • vista desarmada

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Participle

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Etymology 2

Verb

vista

  1. inflection of vestir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • vesta (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) view
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, anatomy) cheek
  3. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) face
    Synonym: fatscha

Synonyms

  • (cheek):
    • (Surmiran) missela
    • (Puter, Vallader) massella

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbista/ [ˈbis.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: vis‧ta

Etymology 1

From the Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin videō.

Noun

vista f (plural vistas)

  1. sight, vision, eyesight (the ability to see)
    Synonym: visión
  2. sight (the act of seeing or witnessing)
    Synonym: visión
  3. appearance, look (the way something looks)
    Synonyms: aspecto, apariencia
  4. view (the range of vision)
    a la vista ― in view
  5. view (something to look at, such as scenery)
  6. foresight (the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future)
    Synonym: perspicacia
  7. (law) hearing (a legal procedure done before a judge)
Derived terms
Related terms

Adjective

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Participle

vista f sg

  1. feminine singular of visto

Etymology 2

Verb

vista

  1. inflection of vestir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “vista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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