jeta

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.ta/

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jeta

1. third-person singular past historic of jeter

Derived from jayati 'to conquer'.

jeta

1. vocative singular of jetar (“conqueror”)

jeta m

1. Jeta, a sponsor of the Buddha, former owner of the site of the Jetavana monastery.

• -jweta

From Sotho jwetsa.

-jéta

1. to tell

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Arabic خَطْم (ḵaṭm, “snout”). Some senses are derived from the association of prominent lips on angry or sleepy faces.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeta/ [ˈxe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: je‧ta
• Homophone: geta

jeta f (plural jetas)

1. snout

   Synonym: hocico

2. (Mexico, colloquial) sleep (act)

   Synonyms: dormida, sueño

   voy a echarme una jeta ― I am going to sleep

3. (Mexico, colloquial) anger face

   Synonyms: carota, cara larga

   cada vez que hablo de eso pones tu jeta

   every time I talk about it you show your angry face

4. (Spain, colloquial) insolence, impudence, crust, rind

   Synonyms: cara, caradura, desfachatez, desvergüenza, sinvergonzonería

   • 2008, The New Raemon (lyrics and music), “La cafetera”, in A propósito de Garfunkel:

     Escribiendo en servilletas, que tú tienes mucha jeta
     Ahondando en lo profundo de las mierdas de este mundo

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jeta m or f by sense (plural jetas)

1. (familiar) face, mush, mug, scoundrel (impudent person)

   Synonyms: caradura, descarado, sinvergüenza

• cara f
• boca f
• labio m
• cardo m
• nariz f
• siesta f
• enojo m
• disgusto m

• “jeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28