rodela

See also: Rodela

Galician

Woman dancing and wearing a rodela, rolla or mulido in between her head and the basket

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella (“little wheel”). Cognate with Portuguese rodela and Spanish rodilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈðɛla̝/

Noun

rodela f (plural rodelas)

1. wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load

   Synonyms: corriza, mulida, rolla

2. a cushion used to protect the head and neck of oxen when joked

   Synonyms: corriza, mulida, rolla

3. a similarly formed wheel of straw used as weight on top of a haystack, or as a cushion for placing objects on an irregular surface
4. rag
5. milk beater
6. kneecap
7. bun (of hair)

Related terms

• Rodela
• rodelo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rodela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rodela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rodela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rodela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Compare Spanish rodilla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈdɛ.lɐ/ [hoˈdɛ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈdɛ.lɐ/ [hoˈdɛ.lɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈdɛ.lɐ/ [χoˈdɛ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈdɛ.la/ [hoˈdɛ.la]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈdɛ.lɐ/ [ʁuˈðɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: ro‧de‧la

Noun

rodela f (plural rodelas)

1. a round piece of food, such as a slice of banana or sausage
2. (informal) kneecap (bone of the knee)

   Synonym: patela

3. (historical) a type of round infantry shield
4. (Brazil, colloquial) nonsense; malarkey

   Synonyms: besteira, papo furado, papo

Related terms

• roda

Further reading

• “rodela” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈdela/ [roˈð̞e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ro‧de‧la

Noun

rodela f (plural rodelas)

1. round shield

Further reading

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