cancela

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See also: cancelá

Galician

Cancela ("gate")
Cancela ("gate")

Etymology

From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈθɛla̝/, (western) /kanˈsɛla̝/

Noun

cancela m (plural cancelas)

  1. gate (doorlike barred or planked structure outside a house)
    O falar non ten cancelas (proverb) ― Speech has no gates

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: can‧ce‧la

Etymology 1

From cancelo, from Latin cancellus.

Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)

  1. gate
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
      A cama que servia de cancela foi afastada rapidamente, uma a uma as mulheres entraram, […]
      The bed that functioned as gate was quickly pulled aside, one by one the women entered, 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancela

  1. inflection of cancelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kanˈθela/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kanˈsela/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: can‧ce‧la

Etymology 1

From cancel.

Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)

  1. lattice gate

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancela

  1. inflection of cancelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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