permuta

See also: permutá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from permutar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pərˈmu.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾˈmu.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [perˈmu.ta]

Noun

permuta f (plural permutes)

1. exchange, swap

   Synonyms: barata, canvi

2. (law) barter

Further reading

• “permuta”, 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
• “permuta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “permuta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “permuta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

permuta

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.my.ta/

Verb

permuta

1. third-person singular past historic of permuter

Anagrams

• amputer

Galician

Verb

permuta

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈmu.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: per‧mù‧ta

Noun

permuta f (plural permute)

1. transfer
2. trade-in
3. swap

Anagrams

• premuta, tempura

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈmuː.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈmuː.ta]

Verb

permūtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of permūtō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈmu.tɐ/ [peɦˈmu.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈmu.tɐ/ [peɦˈmu.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈmu.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈmu.tɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻˈmu.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈmu.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: per‧mu‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *per(i)-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Latin mūtō

Latin permūtāreder.

Portuguese permutardeverb.

Portuguese permuta

Deverbal from permutar.

Noun

permuta f (plural permutas)

1. exchange (an act of exchanging or trading)

   Synonym: troca

Related terms

• permutação

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

permuta

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

Further reading

• “permuta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “permuta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “permuta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “permuta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “permuta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “permuta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *per(i)-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Latin mūtō

Latin permūtāre

French permuterbor.

Romanian permuta

Borrowed from French permuter, from Latin permūtāre.

Verb

a permuta (third-person singular present permută, past participle permutat, third-person subjunctive permute) 1st conjugation

1. to permute

Conjugation

    conjugation of permuta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a permuta
gerund			permutând
past participle			permutat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	permut	permuți	permută	permutăm	permutați	permută
	imperfect	permutam	permutai	permuta	permutam	permutați	permutau
	simple perfect	permutai	permutași	permută	permutarăm	permutarăți	permutară
	pluperfect	permutasem	permutaseși	permutase	permutaserăm	permutaserăți	permutaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să permut	să permuți	să permute	să permutăm	să permutați	să permute
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		permută			permutați
	negative		nu permuta			nu permutați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈmuta/ [peɾˈmu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: per‧mu‧ta

Verb

permuta

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

Further reading

• “permuta”, 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
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “permuta”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA