celda

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθelda/ [ˈθel̪.d̪a] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈselda/ [ˈsel̪.d̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -elda
  • Syllabification: cel‧da

Noun

celda f (plural celdas)

  1. prison cell
    Synonym: calabozo
    • 2015 November 23, “Interior alertó del riesgo de suicidio en la celda donde murió un turista”, in El País‎[1]:
      La policía me dijo que mi marido falleció tras ahorcarse con una manta en la celda
      The police told me that my husband died after hanging himself with a sheet in the prison cell
  2. cell
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: selda

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “celda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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