toalha

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahillja (towel, washcloth). Compare Italian tovaglia (tablecloth).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈa.ʎɐ/ [tʊˈa.ʎɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈa.ʎa/ [tʊˈa.ʎa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwa.ʎa/

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: to‧a‧lha

Noun

toalha f (plural toalhas)

  1. towel (cloth used for drying something wet)
    Hyponyms: toalha de banho, toalha de praia, toalha de rosto
    Acabei de sair da piscina. Alguém me arranja uma toalha?I just got out of the pool. Can someone get me a towel?
  2. ellipsis of toalha de mesa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: तौलिया (tauliyā)
    Urdu: تولیہ (tauliya)
  • Kadiwéu: toaaya
  • Malay: tuala
  • Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
  • Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
  • Punjabi: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
  • Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
  • Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
  • Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)

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