palestra

See also: Palestra and palestrą

English

Noun

palestra (plural palestras or palestrae)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of palaestra.

Derived terms

• palestric

References

• “palestra”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “palestra”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Peraltas

Albanian

Noun

palestra

1. inflection of palestër:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɛstra]

Noun

palestra f

1. (historical) palaestra

Declension

Declension of palestra (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	palestra	palestry
genitive	palestry	palester
dative	palestře	palestrám
accusative	palestru	palestry
vocative	palestro	palestry
locative	palestře	palestrách
instrumental	palestrou	palestrami

Further reading

• “palestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/
• Rhymes: -ɛstra
• Hyphenation: pa‧lè‧stra

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

palestra f (plural palestre)

1. gym, gymnasium

Derived terms

• palestrato

Anagrams

• alpestra, parlaste, pestarla, sparlate

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra)bor.

Latin palaestralbor.

Polish palestra

Learned borrowing from Latin palaestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛstra
• Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

Noun

palestra f

1. (literary, law, collective) bar (lawyers collectively)

   Synonym: adwokatura

   usunąć z palestry ― to disbar

2. (literary, law) title, function, or position given to a lawyer
3. (historical) palaestra

Conjugation

Declension of palestra

	singular	plural
nominative	palestra	palestry
genitive	palestry	palestr
dative	palestrze	palestrom
accusative	palestrę	palestry
instrumental	palestrą	palestrami
locative	palestrze	palestrach
vocative	palestro	palestry

Derived terms

nouns

• palestrant

Further reading

• “palestra”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “palestra”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛs.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈlɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧les‧tra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin palaestra, from Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra, “wrestling school”).

Noun

palestra f (plural palestras)

1. lecture, talk (spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group)
2. (literary) chat, talk (informal conversation)
3. (historical) palaestra (public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports)

Usage notes

Palestra usually refers to special lectures, often delivered as part of an event. Lectures that are regular classes are not usually called palestras, but aulas.

Etymology 2

Verb

palestra

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek παλαίστρα (palaístra)bor.

Latin palaestrabor.

Spanish palestra

Borrowed from Latin palaestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlestɾa/ [paˈles.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa
• Syllabification: pa‧les‧tra

Noun

palestra f (plural palestras)

1. (historical) palaestra

Further reading

• “palestra”, 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