canalla

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧lla

canalla f (plural canalles)

1. (collective) children

   Synonyms: mainada, quitxalla

   • 1956, Joan Sales, Incerta glòria:

     Mentrestant la canalla, i n'hi havia un mosquer, venien a admirar de la vora els nostres galons, les nostres guerreres flamants.

     Meanwhile the children--and there was a swarm of them--came close up to admire our stripes, our brand-new military jackets.

2. (castells) the child members of a colla, as a group

   assaig de canalla

   special practice for the children of a colla

3. (obsolete, derogatory) canaille

• “canalla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “canalla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Attested since 1671. Ultimately, from Italian canaglia.

• IPA^(key):

canalla f (plural canallas)

1. (collective, uncountable) canaille

   Synonyms: xentalla, xente bafúa

2. rascal, jerk, scumbag

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canalla”, 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), “canalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Italian canaglia.

• Syllabification: ca‧na‧lla

canalla f (plural canallas)

1. rabble, riff-raff, canaille

canalla m or f by sense (plural canallas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) swine, rascal

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