cadela
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Cadela de frade 
cadela
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- female dog
- (derogatory) bitch
- (informal, dated) five cents coin
- Synonym: peso
- (informal, in the plural) money
- (insects) earwig
- Synonym: cadela de frade
- one of several species of clams
- cap
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cadela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cadela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadela”, 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), “cadela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
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/
- Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la
Noun
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- a female dog
- a promiscuous woman; bitch
Synonyms
- cachorra (Brazil)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cadela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “cadela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024