cadela
Galician
Cadela de frade
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈðɛla̝/
Noun
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- female dog
- (derogatory) bitch
- (informal) coin
- Synonym: peso
- (informal, in the plural) money
- (insects) earwig
- Synonym: cadela de frade
- one of several species of clams
- cap
Derived terms
- cadela de frade
Related terms
- can
- cadelo
References
- “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cadela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cadela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cadela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
cadela
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”). Compare Galician cadela, Romanian cățea and Aromanian cãtsauã.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈðɛ.lɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈdɛ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la
Noun
cadela f (plural cadelas)
- a female dog
- a promiscuous woman; bitch
Synonyms
- cachorra (Brazil)
Related terms
- cachorro
- cão