tellado

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Galician

tellado or lousado, Lugo, Galicia
teito, Piornedo, Galicia
tellados, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese telhado (roof), from Vulgar Latin *teglātu, from Latin tēgulātum, from tēgula (a roof-tile). Compare Portuguese telhado, Spanish tejado, Catalan teulada.

Pronunciation

Noun

tellado m (plural tellados)

  1. roof, especially when tiled
    Synonyms: lousado, teito
    • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 142:
      Declarou Gonçaluo de Seara que leuara do baño do Posyo seys tellas e as tirara do tellado et que Gonçaluo de Sárrea que leuara a pechadura do baño do Posío da porta de dentro
      Gonzalo de Seara declared that he had taken away from the baths of Posío six tiles, which he removed from the roof; and that Gonzalo de Sarria took away the lock of the baths of Posío, from the inner door

Derived terms

Adjective

tellado (feminine tellada, masculine plural tellados, feminine plural telladas)

  1. tiled
    • 1380, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", in Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 470:
      en Moldes hun casal et hun paaço tellado
      in Molder a country house and a tiled manor

Participle

tellado (feminine tellada, masculine plural tellados, feminine plural telladas)

  1. past participle of tellar

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