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Fala
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkela/
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: a‧que‧la
Determiner
aquela f sg
- feminine singular of aquel (“that”)
Pronoun
aquela f sg
- feminine singular of aquel (“that one”)
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese aquela, from Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.
Pronunciation
Determiner
aquela f (masculine singular aquel, masculine plural aqueles, feminine plural aquelas)
- that (further)
Noun
aquela f (plural aquelas, masculine aquel, masculine plural aqueles)
- thingy (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall its name)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aquela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aquela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aquela”, 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), “aquela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aquela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
aquela
- inflection of aquelar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
aquela
- feminine singular of aquel
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.
Pronunciation
Determiner
aquela
- feminine singular of aquele
Não tirei aquela foto.- I didn't take that picture.
Pronoun
aquela
- feminine singular of aquele
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:aquele.
See also