cadela

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈðɛla̝/

cadela f (plural cadelas)

1. female dog
2. (derogatory) bitch
3. (informal, dated) five cents coin

   Synonym: peso

4. (informal, in the plural) money
5. (insects) earwig

   Synonym: cadela de frade

6. one of several species of clams
7. cap

• cadela de frade

• can
• cadelo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cadela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cadela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cadela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”). Compare Galician cadela, Romanian cățea and Aromanian cãtsauã, cãtsau.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈdɛ.la/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐˈdɛ.lɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la

cadela f (plural cadelas)

1. a female dog
2. a promiscuous woman; bitch

• cachorra (Brazil)

• “cadela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cadela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025