pantalla

Catalan

Etymology

Blend of pàmpol +‎ ventalla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pənˈta.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [panˈta.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

pantalla f (plural pantalles)

1. screen
2. (computing) screen, display, monitor
3. fireguard
4. lampshade
5. (figurative) front

Derived terms

• temps de pantalla

Descendants

• → Spanish: pantalla

Further reading

• “pantalla”, 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /panˈtaʝa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /panˈtaʝa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /panˈtaʎa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /panˈtaʃa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /panˈtaʒa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: pan‧ta‧lla

ventaglio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan pantalla.

Noun

pantalla f (plural pantallas)

1. screen
2. (computing) display screen
3. lampshade
4. (Puerto Rico) earring, piercing

Derived terms

• apantallar
• captura de pantalla
• cuota de pantalla
• fondo de pantalla
• gran pantalla
• lector de pantalla
• pantalla chica
• pantalla grande
• pantalla plana
• pequeña pantalla
• salvapantallas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian ventaglio.

Noun

pantalla f (plural pantallas)

1. (Rioplatense, Paraguay, Venezuela) non-folding rigid hand fan

Further reading

• “pantalla”, 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