centella
See also: centellá
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin scintilla. First attested in 1575.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
centella f (plural centelles)
Derived terms
- centellejar
References
- ^ “centella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Further reading
- “centella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “centella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “centella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Verb
centella
- inflection of centellare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /senˈteʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /senˈteʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cen‧te‧lla
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin scintilla.
Alternative forms
Noun
centella f (plural centellas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: centelha
Etymology 2
Verb
centella
- inflection of centellar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “centella”, 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