costela
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a diminutive of Latin costa (“side”): costa + -ela. Compare Portuguese costela and Spanish costilla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]costela f (plural costelas)
- rib (bone of the chest)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costela”, 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), “costela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- costella (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From costa + -ela. Compare Galician costela, Spanish costilla, Catalan costella.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]costela f (plural costelas)
- (anatomy) rib
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XXV, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 182:
- Aconteça o que acontecer, juro por todos os santos que lhe quebro as costellas. E não torne a apparecer lá. Sou amigo da casa e hei de achar meio... Não appareça. O senhor é um calumniador. Vamos embora, seu Valerio.
- Whatever happens, I swear by all saints that I’ll break your ribs. And don’t show up there again. I’m a friend of the house and I’ll find it somewhat... Do not show up. You, mister, are a slanderer. Let’s go, Mr. Valerio.
- (nautical) rib (part of a ship’s framework)
- Synonym: caverna
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “costela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “costela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “costela”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “costela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “costela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Categories:
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms suffixed with -ela
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Skeleton
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ela
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Skeleton
- Portuguese terms with quotations
- pt:Ship parts