/ˈtɛsta/, [ˈt̪ɛs̺.t̪ɐ]
OrixeInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese testa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin testa (“earthen pot”).
- feminineforehead
“1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133” — He had a palmspan and a half in his face, and in the beard a palmspan, and half one in the nose; and in the front he had one palmspan and a little more
“1434, A. López Carreira (ed.), Libro de Notas de Álvaro Afonso, doc. 90” — one of that horses was really dark, with a signal in his forehead, and the other was tawny with a spot in his forehead
- feminine, figurativelythe whole head of a person
“Dubido do que farei / Para saír desta enfeita / Maxino roer as uñas / E bourar mui ben na testa” — I'm dubious on what to do / To exit of this preparation / I imagine gnawing my nails / And ably beating my head
- femininelimit of a property
- femininefore
- femininelid
- feminine, form-of, singularfeminine singular of testo
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular present indicative
- form-of, imperative, second-person, singularsecond-person singular imperative
Formastestas(plural)