escletxa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• escletlla, cleta, cletxa

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crepitō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkle.t͡ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkle.t͡ʃa]

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Noun

escletxa f (plural escletxes)

1. crack, gap (narrow opening)

   Synonym: esquerda

   escletxa legal ― legal loophole

Further reading

• “escletxa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007