rodela
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Woman dancing and wearing a rodela, rolla or mulido in between her head and the basket
See also: Rodela
Galician
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Etymology
From Late Latin rotella (“little wheel”). Cognate with Portuguese rodela and Spanish rodilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
rodela f (plural rodelas)
- wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load
- a cushion used to protect the head and neck of oxen when joked
- a similarly formed wheel of straw used as weight on top of a haystack, or as a cushion for placing objects on an irregular surface
- rag
- milk beater
- kneecap
- bun (of hair)
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rodela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rodela”, 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), “rodela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rodela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Compare Spanish rodilla.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ro‧de‧la
Noun
rodela f (plural rodelas)
- a round piece of food, such as a slice of banana or sausage
- (informal) kneecap (bone of the knee)
- Synonym: patela
- (historical) a type of round infantry shield
- (Brazil, colloquial) nonsense; malarkey
- Synonyms: besteira, papo furado, papo
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Further reading
- “rodela” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
rodela f (plural rodelas)
Further reading
- “rodela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10