cancela

See also: cancelá

Galician

Cancela ("gate")

Cancela ("gate")

Etymology

From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθɛla̝/, (western) /kanˈsɛla̝/

Noun

cancela m (plural cancelas)

1. gate (doorlike barred or planked structure outside a house)

   O falar non ten cancelas (proverb) ― Speech has no gates

Derived terms

• Cancela
• Cancelas
• Canceleira
• Canceliñas

Related terms

• Cancelada
• cancelar
• cancelo
• Cancelo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cancela”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cancela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cancela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cancela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈsɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈsɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: can‧ce‧la

Etymology 1

From cancelo, from Latin cancellus.

Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)

1. gate
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     A cama que servia de cancela foi afastada rapidamente, uma a uma as mulheres entraram, […]

     The bed that functioned as gate was quickly pulled aside, one by one the women entered, […]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancela

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

Further reading

• “cancela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cancela”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “cancela” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cancela”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cancela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cancela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈθela/ [kãn̟ˈθe.la] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kanˈsela/ [kãnˈse.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: can‧ce‧la

Etymology 1

From cancel.

Alternative forms

• cancel (Ecuador)

Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)

1. lattice gate

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cancela

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

Further reading

• “cancela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025