cadela

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Galician

Cadela de frade

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cadela f (plural cadelas)

  1. female dog
  2. (derogatory) bitch
  3. (informal, dated) five cents coin
    Synonym: peso
  4. (informal, in the plural) money
  5. (insects) earwig
    Synonym: cadela de frade
  6. one of several species of clams
  7. cap

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References

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

Portuguese

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cadela

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”). Compare Galician cadela, Romanian cățea and Aromanian cãtsauã, cãtsau.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdɛ.la/
  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐˈdɛ.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la

Noun

cadela f (plural cadelas)

  1. a female dog
  2. a promiscuous woman; bitch

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