chita

See also: Chita, Chitá, and chītā

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Saint Dominican Creole French sitta, from French assieds-toi (“sit down”, imperative, second person singular). Compare Louisiana Creole assite, Cajun French assir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ta/

Verb

chita

1. sit down

See also

• kanpe

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧ta

Etymology 1

chita

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).

Noun

chita f (plural chitas)

1. cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

Etymology 2

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

Noun

chita f (plural chitas)

1. chintz
   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Ela que devia ter ficado no Sertão de Alagoas com vestido de chita e sem nenhuma datilografia, já que escrevia tão mal, só tinha até o terceiro ano primário.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃita/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: chi‧ta

Noun

chita m (plural chitas)

1. (zoology) cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

   Synonym: guepardo

Further reading

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