paletada

Spanish

Noun

paletada f (plural paletadas)

1. trowel
2. trowelful
3. spadeful
4. spatula
5. sail, blade
6. palette
7. incisor (tooth)
8. hit with a spade or shovel

Descendants

• Tagalog: paletada

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palitada

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paletada (“trowelful; shovelful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paleˈtada/ [pɐ.lɛˈt̪aː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta‧da

Noun

paletada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜆᜇ)

1. cement mortar; plaster

Derived terms

• paletadahan

 

References

• “paletada” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “paletada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018