cadela
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- female dog
- (derogatory) bitch
- (informal, dated) five cents coin
- Synonym: peso
- (informal, in the plural) money
- (insects) earwig
- Synonym: cadela de frade
- one of several species of clams
- cap
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cadela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cadela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cadela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”). Compare Galician cadela, Romanian cățea and Aromanian cãtsauã, cãtsau.
Pronunciation edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdɛ.la/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐˈdɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la
Noun edit
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- a female dog
- a promiscuous woman; bitch
Synonyms edit
- cachorra (Brazil)