llanta

llanta

1. third-person singular present indicative of llantar
2. second-person singular imperative of llantar

• llanda

Borrowed from Spanish llanta, from French jante.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎan.ta]

llanta f (plural llantes)

1. wheelrim

• “llanta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “llanta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: llan‧ta

Borrowed from French jante (“wheelrim”) (written with ⟨ll⟩ instead of ⟨y⟩ due to influence of Etymology 2).

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. (cycling, automotive) tyre rim, wheelrim
2. (Latin America) tyre

   Synonym: neumático

3. (colloquial, Mexico) fat, protruding belly

• → Catalan: llanta, llanda

Inherited from Old Spanish llanta, inherited from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Now replaced by the borrowed doublet planta.

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. obsolete form of planta

• “llanta”, 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