toalha
Portuguese
toalhas
toalha de mesa
Etymology
From Old Portuguese toalla, from Old Occitan toalha, from Frankish *þwahila, from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō. Compare Galician toalla and Spanish toalla, also French touaille.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: to‧a‧lha
Noun
toalha f (plural toalhas)
- towel
- table cloth
Derived terms
- jogar a toalha
- toalha de banho
- toalha de mesa
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: toaaya
- Malay: tuala / توالا
- Central Melanau: tuala