aquela

See also: àquela

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: a‧que‧la

Determiner

aquela f sg

1. feminine singular of aquel (“that”)

Pronoun

aquela f sg

1. feminine singular of aquel (“that one”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 54

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese aquela, from Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈkelɐ], (western) [aˈkɛlɐ]

Determiner

aquela f (masculine singular aquel, masculine plural aqueles, feminine plural aquelas)

1. that (further)

Noun

aquela f (plural aquelas, masculine aquel, masculine plural aqueles)

1. thingy (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall its name)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aquela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aquela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aquela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aquela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aquela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “aquela”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

aquela

1. inflection of aquelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛ.lo/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Adjective

aquela

1. feminine singular of aquel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈkɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧que‧la

• Audio (São Paulo):

  (file)

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Alternative forms

• aquella (pre-standardization spelling)

Determiner

aquela

1. feminine singular of aquele

   Não tirei aquela foto.

   I didn't take that picture.

Pronoun

aquela

1. feminine singular of aquele

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Etymology 2

Verb

aquela

1. inflection of aquelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative