mistura

Italian

Alternative forms

• mestura (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin mixtūra, mistura.

Noun

mistura f (plural misture)

1. mixture
2. concoction

Related terms

• mescolare
• mestare
• mischiare
• misto
• misturare

Anagrams

• murasti, smurati

Latin

Alternative forms

• mixtūra

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *miḱsḱéti

Proto-Italic *mi(k)skō

Latin misceō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin mistūra

From misceō (“mix”) + -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪsˈtuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [misˈtuː.ra]

Noun

mistūra f (genitive mistūrae); first declension

1. mixing
2. mixture
3. copulation

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mistūra	mistūrae
genitive	mistūrae	mistūrārum
dative	mistūrae	mistūrīs
accusative	mistūram	mistūrās
ablative	mistūrā	mistūrīs
vocative	mistūra	mistūrae

Descendants

• Catalan: mixtura
• English: mixture
• Galician: mestura
• Italian: mistura, mestura
• Old French: misture
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mestura
  • Portuguese: mistura
• Spanish: mestura, mixtura

References

• “mistura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "mistura", 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)
• “mistura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /misˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /misˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miʃˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miʃˈtu.ɾɐ/, /mɨʃˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: mis‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mestura, from Latin mixtūra, mistūra.

Noun

mistura f (plural misturas)

1. mixture, blend (various different things put together)

   Synonyms: junção, mescla

2. (Brazil) a meal that combines various ingredients; for example, rice and vegetables

Related terms

• mesclar
• mestiço
• mexer
• misto
• misturar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mistura

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

Further reading

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