portela

From Latin portella, diminutive of porta (“door”). Cognate with Spanish portilla and Asturian portiella.

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈtɛla̝/, /pɔɾˈtɛla̝/

portela f (plural portelas)

1. mountain pass
2. oven's door
3. wicket

   Synonym: portelo

4. gate or passage in a fence or wall

   Synonym: portelo

• Portela
• Porteliña

• porta
• porto

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “portela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “portela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “portela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “portela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “portela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From porta +‎ -ela.

• Hyphenation: por‧te‧la

portela f (plural portelas)

1. small door
2. narrow passageway between mountains