telha

Portuguese

telhas

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese telha, from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula (“a roof tile”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ(j).ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ(j).ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎɐ/

• (Caipira Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ʎa/, /ˈteja/
• Rhymes: -eʎɐ, -ɐʎɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧lha

Noun

telha f (plural telhas)

1. tile, especially a roof tile

Related terms

• telhado

Etymology 2

Verb

telha

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