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Webster 1913 Edition


Flota


Flo′ta

,
Noun.
[Sp. See
Flotilla
.]
A fleet; especially, a [GREEK]eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flota

FLO'TA

,
Noun.
[See Fleet.] A fleet; but appropriately a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Crus, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.

Definition 2024


flota

flota

See also: flotá and flóta

English

Noun

flota (plural flotas)

  1. A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

References

  • flota in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Catalan

Noun

flota f (plural flotes)

  1. crowd
  2. fleet

Czech

Etymology

From German Flotte.

Noun

flota f

  1. naval fleet

Icelandic

Noun

flota

  1. indefinite accusative singular of floti
  2. indefinite dative singular of floti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of floti
  4. indefinite accusative plural of floti
  5. indefinite genitive plural of floti

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flutô (a float; raft; boat; ship). Cognate with Old Norse floti.

Noun

flota m (nominative plural flotan)

  1. sailor
  2. ship

Declension

Derived terms

  • ǣgflota
  • flotherge
  • flotlic
  • flotman
  • scipflota
  • unfriþflota
  • wǣgflota

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɔta/

Noun

flota f

  1. naval fleet
  2. (slang, humorous) money

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flôta/
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ta

Noun

flȍta f (Cyrillic spelling фло̏та)

  1. fleet

Declension


Spanish

Noun

flota f (plural flotas)

  1. fleet
  2. (Latin America) crowd

Verb

flota

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of flotar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of flotar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of flotar.