This is the 914th most frequent Slovak word.
stará
"Stará" in English means "old" (feminine form).
Here, 'stará' is used as an adjective in feminine form, meaning 'old', referring to the noun 'mama'.
Stará mama pripravila chutný domáci koláč.
Grandmother prepared a delicious homemade cake.
In this sentence, 'stará' (in masculine form 'starý') is an adjective describing a house, implying it has been around for many years.
Tento starý dom má históriu.
This old house has history.
Here, 'stará' is a verb in the present tense, meaning 'takes care'.