conversa

Borrowed from Spanish.

conversa (plural conversas)

1. a female converso

• carvones, overscan

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈbɛr.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱˈvɛr.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱˈvɛɾ.sa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛɾsa
• Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa

Deverbal from conversar.

conversa f (plural converses)

1. conversation, discussion

   Synonym: conversació

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conversa

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

Inherited from Spanish conversar (“to converse”).

• IPA^(key): /kombeɾˈsa/, [kõm.beɾˈsa]
• Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa

conversá

1. (Zamboangueño) to speak

   Synonym: (Caviteño, Ternateño) platica

• Homophones: conversas, conversât

conversa

1. third-person singular past historic of converser

• IPA^(key): /komˈbɛɾsa/ [komˈbɛɾ.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾsa
• Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa

Deverbal from conversar.

conversa f (plural conversas)

1. conversation

   Synonym: conversación

2. chat, small talk

   Synonyms: leria, parola

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conversa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “conversa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “conversa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conversa

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

conversa f (plural converse)

1. lay sister

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conversa

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

• conserva

conversa

1. inflection of conversus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

conversā

1. ablative feminine singular of conversus

• "conversa", 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)

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Deverbal from conversar (“to converse”), from Latin conversō (“to ponder”).

conversa f (plural conversas)

1. (uncountable) conversation; talking

   Synonyms: conversação, falação

2. an instance of conversation

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:conversa

3. (Brazil, informal) bullshit; nonsense (untrue statements intended to deceive)

   Synonyms: papo, conversa fiada, balela, besteira

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conversa.

conversa

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

From converter (“to convert”).

conversa f sg

1. feminine singular of converso

conversa f (plural conversas)

1. female equivalent of converso

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

Borrowed from French converser, from Latin conversari.

a conversa (third-person singular present conversează, past participle conversat) 1st conjugation

1. to converse

• IPA^(key): /komˈbeɾsa/ [kõmˈbeɾ.sa]
• Rhymes: -eɾsa
• Syllabification: con‧ver‧sa

conversa f (plural conversas)

1. female equivalent of converso

conversa f (plural conversas)

1. (colloquial) conversation

conversa

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

• “conversa”, 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