llanta

Asturian

Verb

llanta

1. third-person singular present indicative of llantar
2. second-person singular imperative of llantar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• llanda

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llanta, from French jante.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

llanta f (plural llantes)

1. wheelrim

Further reading

• “llanta”, 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
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “llanta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish llanta (“tyre rim”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: llan‧ta

Noun

llanta

1. wheel (without a tyre rim)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝanta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝanta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʎanta/ [ˈʎãn̪.t̪a] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃanta/ [ˈʃãn̪.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒanta/ [ˈʒãn̪.t̪a] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: llan‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jante (“wheelrim”) (written with ⟨ll⟩ instead of ⟨y⟩ due to influence of Etymology 2).

Noun

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. (cycling, automotive) tyre rim, wheelrim
2. (Latin America) tyre

   Synonym: neumático

3. (Latin America) wheel

   Synonym: rueda

4. (colloquial, Mexico) fat, protruding belly

Derived terms

• llantazo
• llantera
• llantero
• quemar llanta

Descendants

• → Catalan: llanta, llanda

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish llanta, inherited from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Now replaced by the borrowed doublet planta.

Noun

llanta f (plural llantas)

1. obsolete form of planta

Related terms

• llantén
• planta

Further reading

• “llanta”, 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