orquestra
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [urˈkes.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [orˈkes.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [oɾˈkes.tɾa]
- Rhymes: -estɾa
Noun
orquestra f (plural orquestres)
Etymology 2
Verb
orquestra
- inflection of orquestrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾɐ/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾˈkɛs.tɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/ [oχˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /oɻˈkɛs.tɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾa/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛstɾɐ
- Hyphenation: or‧ques‧tra
Noun
orquestra f (plural orquestras)
Etymology 2
Verb
orquestra
- inflection of orquestrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “orquestra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “orquestra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾˈkestɾa/ [oɾˈkes.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -estɾa
- Syllabification: or‧ques‧tra
Noun
orquestra f (plural orquestras)
- dated form of orquesta
Further reading
- “orquestra”, 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