pirata

From Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs).

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾata/ [piˈɾa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata m or f (plural pirates)

1. pirate

• “pirata (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin pirāta.

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata m or f (masculine and feminine plural pirates)

1. (relational) pirate

   vaixell pirata ― pirate ship

   emissora pirata ― pirate station

pirata m or f by sense (plural pirates)

1. pirate
2. highjacker

• pirateria
• piratejar

• “pirata”, 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

• IPA^(key): /piˈrata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata (accusative singular piratan, plural pirataj, accusative plural piratajn)

1. piratical

• pirate (“piratically”)
• pirati (“to pirate”)
• pirato (“a pirate”)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

pirata

1. third-person singular past historic of pirater

• paitra, paîtra, parait, paraît, pariât, pâtira, râpait, tapira

From Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs).

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾata/ [piˈɾa.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata m or f by sense (plural piratas)

1. pirate

• “pirata”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pirata”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /piˈra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pi‧rà‧ta

Borrowed from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs), derived from πειράω (peiráō, “I try, attempt”).

• pirato (obsolete)

pirata (invariable)

1. (relational) pirate
2. (copyright law) pirated, ripped

pirata m (plural pirati)

1. pirate, filibuster, buccaneer, corsair

   Synonyms: bucaniere, corsaro, filibustiere

2. (figurative) swindler, shark

   Synonyms: filibustiere, profittatore, sfruttatore

• → German: Pirat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pirata

1. inflection of piratare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• pirata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• parati, parità, patirà, patria, rapati, rapita, tarpai

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs), from πεῖρᾰ (peîră, “trial, attempt, plot”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [piːˈraː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piˈraː.ta]

pīrāta m (genitive pīrātae); first declension

1. pirate

   Synonym: praedō

First-declension noun.

• pīrātica
• pīrāticus

• → Catalan: pirata
• → Old French: pirate
  • Middle French: pirate
    • French: pirate
    • → Dutch: piraat
  • Norman: pirate
  • → Middle English: pirate
    • English: pirate
• Italian: pirata, pirato (obsolete)
  • → German: Pirat
• Portuguese: pirata
• Sicilian: pirata, piratu
• Spanish: pirata
• → Translingual: Pirata

• “pirata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pirata”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pirata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pirata”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

pirata m or f (plural piratas)

1. pirate

• piratar

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 534

• IPA^(key): /piˈra.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata

1. genitive singular of pirat
2. accusative singular of pirat

Borrowed from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”).

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata m or f by sense (plural piratas)

1. pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)
2. pirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)

• biopirata
• pirataria

pirata m or f (plural piratas)

1. pirate, pirated

   Um DVD pirata.

   A pirated DVD.

• corsário, bucaneiro
• crackeado

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

Borrowed from French pirater.

a pirata (third-person singular present piratează, past participle piratat) 1st conjugation

1. to pirate
2. (computing) to hack (into)

From Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs).

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾata/ [piˈɾa.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata m or f by sense (plural piratas)

1. pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)
2. pirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)
3. (Argentina, derogatory) English, British

• → Tagalog: pirata

• “pirata”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish pirata.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈɾata/ [pɪˈɾaː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧ta

pirata (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜆ)

1. pirate

   Synonyms: tulisang-dagat, mandarambong, bukanero, litaw, lintawanin

pirata (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜆ)

1. bootleg; pirated

   Synonyms: pinirata, (colloquial) payreted

• “pirata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• parati