órbita

See also: orbita, orbitá, orbità, òrbita, orbīta, orbītā, and orbită

Asturian

Noun

órbita f (plural órbites)

orbit (path of one object around another)

Galician

Noun

órbita f (plural órbitas)

orbit

Related terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orbĭta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.bi.tɐ/ [ˈɔɦ.bi.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.bi.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.bi.tɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.bi.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.bi.ta/ [ˈɔɦ.bi.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.bi.tɐ/ [ˈɔɾ.βi.tɐ]

Hyphenation: ór‧bi‧ta

Noun

órbita f (plural órbitas)

orbit (path of one object around another)

Derived terms

Further reading

“órbita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“órbita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbĭta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoɾbita/ [ˈoɾ.β̞i.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾbita
Syllabification: ór‧bi‧ta

Noun

órbita f (plural órbitas)

orbit

Related terms

Further reading

“órbita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025