telha

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Galician

Noun

telha f (plural telhas, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of tella

References

“telha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

telhas

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese telha, from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula (“a roof tile”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/

(Caipira Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎa/, /ˈteja/
Rhymes: -eʎɐ, -ɐʎɐ
Hyphenation: te‧lha

Noun

telha f (plural telhas)

tile, especially a roof tile

Related terms

telhado

Further reading

“telha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“telha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
“telha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

telha

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

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