paleta

Borrowed from Spanish paleta (“small stick”). Doublet of palette.

paleta (plural paletas)

1. A caramel lollipop.
2. An ice lolly.
   1. An ice lolly made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.
      • 2008 June 18, Mark Bittman, “Mexican Summer on a Stick”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

        Throughout Mexico, paletas are made with fresh fruit and not much sugar, pretty much the opposite of commercial sorbets and sherbets sold here.

• Platea, leap at, palate, patela, petala

From pala +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈlɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈlə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈle.ta]

paleta f (plural paletes)

1. diminutive of pala (“shovel”)
2. trowel
3. paddle
4. palette

paleta m or f by sense (plural paletes)

1. bricklayer

   Synonym: (Balearic) picapedrer

2. construction worker

• “paleta”, 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
• “paleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “paleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɛta]

Borrowed from French palette or Italian paletta (possibly via German Palette), ultimately from Latin pāla (“a shovel, spade”).^[1]

paleta f (relational adjective paletový or paletní, diminutive paletka)

1. palette (a thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours)
2. palette (the range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.)
3. (computing, graphical user interface) palette (a visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.)
4. pallet (a portable platform for transporting goods)

Borrowed from Italian boletta (“tax receipt”), a diminutive of bolla from Latin bulla.^[2]

paleta f

1. (colloquial) an expensive bill
2. (colloquial, obsolete) an official voucher, certificate

• “paleta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “paleta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

paleta

1. present passive indicative connegative of palaa

• apelta, pelaat, pelata

From pala (“pale, pallid, wan”) +‎ -et-.

paleta

1. palish

Borrowed from French palette.

• IPA^(key): /paˈlɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta
• Homophone: Paleta

paleta f (related adjective paletowy)

1. (painting) palette (board)
2. (painting) palette (range of colors)
3. pallet, skid (portable platform)
4. palette, range (selection, array)

• paleta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paleta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• palheta

Borrowed from Italian paletta.^[1][2][3][4]

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧le‧ta

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. palette (thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours)
2. palette (range of colours in a given work)

From pala +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): /paˈleta/ [paˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. trowel, small shovel
2. ice lolly, popsicle, paleta

   Synonym: helado

3. lollipop, paleta

   Synonyms: piruleta, chupetín

4. palette
5. diminutive of pala

paleta f (plural paletas)

1. female equivalent of paleto

paleta

1. feminine singular of paleto

• “paleta”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish paleta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈleta/ [pɐˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta

paleta (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜆ)

1. palette
2. trowel; small shovel

• “paleta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

paleta

1. to be cold, to be freezing

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “зябнуть, озябнуть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika