fivela

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fivela, from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of Latin fībula (whence Portuguese fíbula was borrowed).

Cognate with Galician fibela and Spanish hebilla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈbɛ.lɐ/ [fiˈβɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: fi‧ve‧la

Noun

fivela f (plural fivelas)

1. (countable) buckle (belt clasp)

Derived terms

• afivelar

Related terms

• fíbula

Further reading

• “fivela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024