How do you pronounce insta?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.stə/.

insta

/ˈɪn.stə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: in-s-ta
IPA: /ˈɪn.stə/

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Meaning

name

Clipping of Instagram.

Informal

verb

Clipping of Instagram.

Informal

Example Sentences

"These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens."
"Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɪn.stə/
British English: /ˈɪn.stə/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Instas (present, singular) Insta's (present, singular) Insta-ing (participle, present) Insta'ing (participle, present) Insta-ed (participle, past) Insta-ed (past) Insta'd (participle, past) Insta'd (past) Insta'ed (participle, past) Insta'ed (past)

Phrases

Insta-perfect Insta story Insta-story

Homonyms

insta- insta

Rhymes With

finsta