canaleta
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.naˈle.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.naˈle.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.nɐˈle.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧na‧le‧ta
Noun
canaleta f (plural canaletas)
- gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)
- gutter (groove beside a bowling alley)
- swale (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water)
- Synonym: valeta
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanaˈleta/ [ka.naˈle.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ca‧na‧le‧ta
Noun
canaleta f (plural canaletas)
- gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)
- gutter (groove beside a bowling alley)
- canal (trough to carry water)
Further reading
- “canaleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024