querella

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

querella

1. third-person singular past historic of quereller

Latin

Alternative forms

• querēla

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʷɛˈreːl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kʷeˈrɛl.la]

Noun

querēlla f (genitive querēllae); first declension

1. alternative form of querēla

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	querēlla	querēllae
genitive	querēllae	querēllārum
dative	querēllae	querēllīs
accusative	querēllam	querēllās
ablative	querēllā	querēllīs
vocative	querēlla	querēllae

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “querella”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 717
• “querella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lombard

Alternative forms

• querela, quarella, quarela

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin querella (“complaint”), from queror (“to lament, complain”) (compare English quarrel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kweˈrelɑ], [kwɐ̞-], [-rɛ-]

Noun

querella f (plural querelle)

1. (law) action, plaint

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin querēlla, from queror (“to lament, complain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʎa/

Noun

querella f (plural querellas)

1. complaint, lament
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23r:

     Sacco moẏſen todos los blagos auiſta de fijos de iſrł. dixo el nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſen Torna elblago de aarõ delant el teſtamẽt por guardo lo por ſenal a fijos de isrł ⁊ q̃dar ſe an ſus q̃rellas de ſobre mj e nõ morã

     [Saccó Moysen todos los blagos a vista de fijos de Israel. Dixo el nuestro Sennor a Moysen, “Torna el blago de Aaron delant el Testament por guardo-lo por senal a fijos de Israel, e quedar-se-án sus querellas de sobre mí, e non morrán.”]

     Moses brought out all the staffs in view of the children of Israel. Our Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron's staff in front of the Testimony to keep as a sign for the children of Israel, and they will hold back their complaints against me, and they will not die.”

Derived terms

• querellar

Descendants

• Spanish: querella

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʝa/ [keˈɾe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʝa/ [keˈɾe.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʎa/ [keˈɾe.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʃa/ [keˈɾe.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /keˈɾeʒa/ [keˈɾe.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: que‧re‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish querella, borrowed from Latin querēlla (“complaint”), from queror (“to lament, complain”) (compare English quarrel).

Noun

querella f (plural querellas)

1. (law) lawsuit
2. complaint

Derived terms

• querellarse

Etymology 2

Verb

querella

1. only used in se querella, third-person singular present indicative of querellarse
2. only used in te ... querella, syntactic variant of queréllate, second-person singular imperative of querellarse

Further reading

• “querella”, 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