English

Proper noun

Pula

1. the largest city in Istria, in Croatia

Translations

Anagrams

• Paul

French

Proper noun

Pula

1. Pula

Anagrams

• palu, Paul

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǔːla/

Proper noun

Púla f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Пу́ла)

1. Pula (city in Istria)

Declension

English

Noun

pula ‎(uncountable)

1. (Southern Africa) Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
2. The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

Anagrams

• Paul

Bikol Central

Adjective

pula

1. red

Dalmatian

Etymology

Possibly from Latin *pūbula < pūbes, or from pulla. Compare Romanian pulă.

Noun

pula f

1. ****

Finnish

Etymology

Originally an opening in the ice into which a man has fallen or may fall. Probably onomatopoetic imitating the associated sound of water.

Noun

pula

1. shortage
2. (economy) An economic crisis characterized by shortage of goods and/or means to buy them; a depression, slump.
3. urgent situation, scrape, pinch, deep water

Declension

Derived terms

• olla pulassa = to be in a pinch
• joutua pulaan = to get into difficulties
• jättää pulaan

Anagrams

• lupa

Galician

Verb

pula

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pulir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of pulir

Italian

Etymology

From Latin āplūda.

Noun

pula f ‎(plural pule)

1. chaff
2. (slang) the police, the fuzz, the cops

Synonyms

• polizia

Anagrams

• lupa

Northern Sotho

Noun

pula

1. rain

Pipil

Etymology

From Spanish plátano ‎(“plantain”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpula/

Noun

pula (plural pujpula)

1. plantain

   Asi se siwat wan se takat kiwikat se pula tishkal‎

   A woman and a man arrived and brought roasted plantain

Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

pula ‎(third person dual, accusative pulanya, possessive/purposive pulampa, locative pulala)

1. they two

Related terms

Portuguese

Verb

pula

1. third-person singular present indicative of pular
2. second-person singular imperative of pular

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpula]

Etymology

From Latin pulla, feminine of pullus ‎(“offspring, child, cub, chick, etc.”)

Adverb

pula

1. (slang, intensifies adjectives) ****

   sunt obosit, în pula mea!

   I'm **** tired!

Noun

pula

1. definite singular nominative form of pulă.
2. definite singular accusative form of pulă.

Romansch

Etymology 1

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Surmiran) butterfly, moth

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) bella
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) bula

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) spler
• (Rumantsch Grischun) tgiralla
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) tschitta
• (Puter) chüralla
• (Vallader) splerin

Etymology 2

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) hen

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) giaglina
• (Sursilvan) gaglina
• (Sutsilvan) gagliegna
• (Surmiran) gagligna
• (Puter) gillina
• (Vallader) giallina

Sotho

Noun

pula class 9/10 (plural lipula)

1. rain

Spanish

Verb

pula

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of pulir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pulir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pulir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pulir.

Tagalog

Noun

pulá

1. red (colour)
2. egg yolk

Adjective

pulá

1. red (colour)

Noun

pulà

1. adverse criticism; act of finding fault with another

Synonyms

• pintas
• pamimintas
• pista
• pamimista

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/

Noun

pula class 9/10 ‎(plural dipula)

1. rain
2. pula (currency)
3. a popular toast

Volapük

Noun

pula

1. genitive singular of pul