toalha
Appearance
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Occitan toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahillja (“towel, washcloth”). Compare Italian tovaglia (“tablecloth”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]toalha f (plural toalhas)
- towel (cloth used for drying something wet)
- Hyponyms: toalha de banho, toalha de praia, toalha de rosto
- Acabei de sair da piscina. Alguém me arranja uma toalha? ― I just got out of the pool. Can someone get me a towel?
- ellipsis of toalha de mesa
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dhivehi: ތުވާލި (tuvāli)
- → Gujarati: તુવાલ (tuvāl) (obsolete), ⇒ ટુવાલ (ṭuvāl)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kadiwéu: toaaya
- → Kannada: ತುವಾಲ್ (tuvāl)
- → Konkani: तुवालो (tuvālo)}
- → Malay: tuala
- → Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
- → Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
- Bengali: তোয়ালে (tōẇale)
- → Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
- → Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
- → Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)
Further reading
[edit]- “toalha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “toalha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “toalha”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “toalha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “toalha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
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