different between sorta vs sortsa

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of sort of.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s????]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s??t?]

Adverb

sorta (not comparable)

1. (informal) Contraction of sort of.

   The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around

   • 1912, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 60, page 680,

     'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. […] '

   • 1993 July, Sort of a Hero, in Boys' Life, page 34,

     In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Synonyms

• kinda

Translations

Contraction

sorta (plural sortsa)

1. (colloquial) Sort of.

   There's gotta be some sorta explanation.

   • 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97,

     He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"

     "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

• Astor, Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, roast, rotas, taros, tarso-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?ta/
• Rhymes: -?r?ta

Noun

sorta f (genitive singular sortu, nominative plural sortur)

1. black dye

Declension

Derived terms

• sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)

Related terms

• sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
• sortna (“to darken”)
• svartur (“black”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sor.ta/
• Rhymes: -?rta
• Rhymes: -orta

Noun

sorta f (plural sorte)

1. sort, type, kind

Verb

sorta

1. feminine singular past participle of sorgere

Anagrams

• astro, sarto, starò, tarso

Romanian

Etymology

From German sortieren

Verb

a sorta (third-person singular present sorteaz?, past participle sortat) 1st conj.

1. to sort

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Sorte and/or Italian sorta; all eventually from Latin sors. See English sort for more.

Noun

s?rta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. sort, kind

Declension

Veps

Etymology

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Verb

sorta

1. to bring down, to knock down
2. to cut down, to chop down, to fell
3. to drop (by accident)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????, ??????, ???????, ???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of sorts of.

Contraction

sortsa (singular sorta)

1. (colloquial) Sorts of.
   • 1977, Fred C Dobbs, The Golden Age of B.S., page 93,

     Sends a letter to the Globe and Mail and starts claiming that his friend Mackay says that there's all sortsa cabinet ministers ringing up all sortsa judges in Canada.

   • 1984, DeKalb College, DeKalb Literary Arts Journal, Volume 17, page 38,

     "Oh. Togs. lt just means.. .special sortsa clothes. Toads? Gad, what a dodo l picked to fall in love with me."

   • 1988 June, Underground, in Spin, page 32,

     Hampton delves into all sortsa cultural rootage — from country blues to smarmy Broadway show-tunage, combining them in a friendly, swinging way. This is the sorta record that should appeal to anybody who gave up on Zappa after Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

See also

• kindsa

Anagrams

• Astors, Astros, assort, roasts