Femminile

casta

Senso

Concetti

sinonimi

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(Inglese)

casto

chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse)
(obsolete) pure

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cas‧ta

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkasta/

Affine gotico

*𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃

In summary

*Probably of Germanic origin; compare Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastuz, Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”). Alternatively from a derivative of Latin castus (“chaste”). * (establishment): Term popularized in Spain in 2014 by the Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias, and his Podemos party to criticize the establishment. Although the term was already used in the 19th and 20th centuries and in 2010 by politicians and journalists.