prota

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈprota/ [ˈpro.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: pro‧ta

prota (plural prota-prota)

1. (management) syllabic abbreviation of program tahunan (“annual program”)

• “prota”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: pro‧ta

prota m or f by sense (plural protas)

1. (fandom slang) clipping of protagonista; MC
   • 2022 August 16, Flávia Pedro, “Kaiju no. 8: Tudo sobre o mangá de monstros que irá ganhar anime”, in Legião dos Herói‎^[1], São Paulo, archived from the original on 16 August 2022:

     O autor constrói muito bem cada personagem e não faz dos secundários uma “muleta” para o prota.

     The author builds every character very well and doesn't turn the secondary ones into “crutches” for the MC.

Clipping of protagonista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾota/ [ˈpɾo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: pro‧ta

prota m or f by sense (plural protas)

1. star (of a film, show etc.)
   • 2022 February 13, Sergio del Molino, “Los abismos de Tinder”, in El País‎^[2], retrieved 11 January 2023:

     Si las protas del documental hubieran leído el ensayo, no habrían caído en la trampa del tiparraco que las desplumó.

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