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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esquela.
Pronunciation
Noun
esquela f (plural esqueles)
- announcement
- death announcement, obituary
- Synonyms: esquela mortuòria, necrologia
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scheda (“piece of paper”), either borrowed directly or perhaps via Italian scheda, with Spanish speakers attempting to approximate the with their own . First documented in early modern Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkela/
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: es‧que‧la
Noun
esquela f (plural esquelas)
- note, letter
- death announcement, funeral announcement
References
Further reading
- “esquela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “esquela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 756