orquestra

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [urˈkes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [orˈkes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [oɾˈkes.tɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestres)

1. (music) orchestra

Etymology 2

Verb

orquestra

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾɐ/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾɐ/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈkɛs.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/ [oχˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻˈkɛs.tɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: or‧ques‧tra

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestras)

1. (music) orchestra

Etymology 2

Verb

orquestra

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈkestɾa/ [oɾˈkes.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa
• Syllabification: or‧ques‧tra

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestras)

1. Dated form of orquesta.

Further reading

• “orquestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014