donzela
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- donçela
- donsela
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dominicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /don.ˈd͡zɛ.la/
Noun
donzela f
- maiden, damsel, young unmarried woman
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile)
- Non quereu donzela fea
- I do not want an ugly maiden
- Non quereu donzela fea
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile)
Descendants
- Galician: doncela
- Portuguese: donzela
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *dominicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dõ.ˈzɛ.lɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dõ.ˈzɛ.la/, /dõ.ˈzɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: don‧ze‧la
Noun
donzela f (plural donzelas)
- maiden, damsel
- Donzela em apuros
- Damsel in distress
- maid, handmaid