neles

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + third-person masculine plural pronoun eles (“they, them”).

Contraction

neles m pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg nela, feminine plural nelas)

in them

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.lis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈne.liʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.les/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈne.lɨʃ/

Hyphenation: ne‧les

Contraction

neles m pl

contraction of em eles (“in them (masculine)”): masculine plural of nele

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.lis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.liʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.les/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.lɨʃ/

Hyphenation: ne‧les

Noun

neles

plural of nele

Spanish

Etymology

From nel +‎ -es.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈneles/ [ˈne.les]
Rhymes: -eles
Syllabification: ne‧les

Adverb

neles

(slang, El Salvador, Honduras) synonym of nel (no; no way; nope)

Usage notes

The usage is similar to that of a particle.

Further reading

“neles”, 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
“neles”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010