duela

Basque

Etymology

From du (“he/she/it has it”) + -ela (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duela/ [d̪u.e.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela, -a
• Hyphenation: du‧e‧la

Adverb

duela (not comparable)

1. ago

   Duela bi urte ezagutu genuen elkar. ― We met two years ago. (literally, “We met that it's been two years.”)

Usage notes

Often found in the form orain duela. Precedes the time period, roughly as a preposition.

Verb

duela

1. A relative form of du (“he/she/it has it”) with -ela (“that”).

   Mikelek liburua duela dakit. ― I know that Mikel has the book.

Further reading

• “duela”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “duela”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Portuguese

Verb

duela

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

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Romanian duel

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Romanian -a

Romanian duela

From duel + -a.

Verb

a duela (third-person singular present duelează, past participle duelat) 1st conjugation

1. to duel

Conjugation

    conjugation of duela (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a duela
gerund			duelând
past participle			duelat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	duelez	duelezi	duelează	duelăm	duelați	duelează
	imperfect	duelam	duelai	duela	duelam	duelați	duelau
	simple perfect	duelai	duelași	duelă	duelarăm	duelarăți	duelară
	pluperfect	duelasem	duelaseși	duelase	duelaserăm	duelaserăți	duelaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să duelez	să duelezi	să dueleze	să duelăm	să duelați	să dueleze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		duelează			duelați
	negative		nu duela			nu duelați

Further reading

• “duela”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwela/ [ˈd̪we.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: due‧la

Etymology 1

Verb

duela

1. inflection of dolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of doler:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French douelle, diminutive of doue, from Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ). Compare Portuguese aduela, Galician doela. Doublet of doga.

Noun

duela f (plural duelas)

1. stave (of barrels, casks, etc.)

   Synonym: doga

2. (Mexico) floorboard

Further reading

• “duela”, 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

Teojomulco Chatino

Etymology

From Proto-Chatino *kwela, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

duela

1. fish

References

• Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016), “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎^[1]