centella
See also: centellá
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin scintilla; first attested 1575[1].
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /sənˈte.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /senˈte.ʎa/
Noun
centella f (plural centelles)
- spark (burst of electric discharge)
- Synonyms: espurna, guspira
Derived terms
- centellejar
References
- “centella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “centella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “centella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “centella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Verb
centella
- inflection of centellare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θenˈteʝa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θenˈteʎa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /senˈteʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /senˈteʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senˈteʃa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senˈteʒa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa
- Syllabification: cen‧te‧lla
Etymology 1
From Latin scintilla.
Alternative forms
- centalla
Noun
centella f (plural centellas)
- spark (burst of electric discharge)
- Synonym: chispa
Derived terms
- centellear
Related terms
- centellar
- cintilar
Verb
centella
- inflection of centellar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “centella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014