maleta

See also: Maleta and Małeta

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French malete, diminutive of male (“leather bag”). Cognate with contemporary French mallette (“briefcase”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /məˈlə.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /məˈlɛ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈle.ta/
• Homophone: meleta

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

maleta f (plural maletes)

1. suitcase

Derived terms

• maleter

Further reading

• “maleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “maleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “maleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Central Tarahumara

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

Noun

maleta

1. rifle case

References

• Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎^[1] (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 42
• Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 28

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

Noun

maleta

1. suitcase

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Estonian

Noun

maleta

1. abessive singular of male

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1370. Ultimately from Old French malete, displacing maeta (13th century), from male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”). Compare English mail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈletɐ]

Noun

maleta f (plural maletas)

1. suitcase
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:

     Et poso en suas maletas seu auer, et vesteusse moy rricament

     And she put her belongings in her suitcases, and dressed herself richly

2. (figuratively) hunchback
3. (figuratively) jobless and lazy person; vagrant

   Synonym: palanquín

References

• “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “maleta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “maleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “maleta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “maleta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish maleta and Portuguese maleta.

Noun

maleta

1. suitcase
2. trunk

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈle.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈle.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈle.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧le‧ta

Noun

maleta f (plural maletas)

1. suitcase
2. bag
3. briefcase (case used for carrying documents)

Synonyms

• valise

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Spanish

Etymology

From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈleta/, [maˈle.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Noun

maleta f (plural maletas)

1. suitcase (large piece of luggage)

   Synonyms: valija, petaca

2. (Chile, Venezuela) trunk, boot (of a car)

   Synonyms: maletero, cajuela

Related terms

• maletín m

Descendants

• → Central Tarahumara: maleta
• Chavacano: maleta
• → Tagalog: maleta

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

Noun

maleta

1. suitcase; valise

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Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maleta (“suitcase”).

Noun

maleta

1. suitcase