telha

Galician

Noun

telha f (plural telhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of tella

References

• “telha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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/
  • (Porto Alegre) 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

Further reading

• “telha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “telha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “telha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

telha

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