secuela

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla

Noun

secuela f (plural secuelas)

  1. consequence, result
  2. aftereffect/after-effect, effect
  3. (medicine) sequela
  4. (narratology) sequel (a narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own)
    Antonym: precuela

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sequēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkwela/ [seˈkwe.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: se‧cue‧la

Noun

secuela f (plural secuelas)

  1. consequence, result
  2. aftereffect/after-effect, effect
  3. (medicine) sequela (disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem)
    • 2021 January 17, Oriol Güell, Jessica Mouzo, “Covid persistente: las secuelas que no se van”, in El País‎[1], retrieved 18 January 2021:
      En cualquier caso, el goteo de pacientes poscovid sobre el sistema sanitario se augura incesante. Los que sufren secuelas físicas, como fibrosis pulmonar, ictus o trombosis, “pueden presentar los cuadros más graves, pero es poco probable que sean una avalancha”, defiende Julio Mayol, director médico del Hospital Clínico de Madrid.
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  4. (narratology) sequel (a narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own)
    Antonym: precuela

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