bengala

See also: Bengala and bengāļa

Catalan

Etymology

From Bengala (“Bengal”), the source of this cane. The sense of "flare" comes from the shortening of llum de bengala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəŋˈɡa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [beŋˈɡa.la]

Noun

bengala f (plural bengales)

1. cane (material used to make staffs)
2. cane, staff

   Synonym: bastó

3. Clipping of llum de bengala (“Bengal light”).
4. flare (pyrotechnic)
5. (military) flare (countermeasure)

Further reading

• “bengala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. flare (light signal)

Further reading

• “bengala” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese bengala.

Noun

bengala

1. cane
2. walking stick

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Bengala, a region in South Asia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bẽˈɡa.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Homophone: Bengala
• Hyphenation: ben‧ga‧la

Noun

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. stick (cane or walking stick)

   Synonyms: bastão, porrete, cacete

Derived terms

• bengalada
• bengaleiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈɡala/ [bẽŋˈɡa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ben‧ga‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. flare (light signal)

Etymology 2

Noun

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. Bengal (cat breed)

Further reading

• “bengala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014