vitela

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin vitella, diminutive of vitula.

• IPA^(key): [biˈtɛlɐ]

vitela m (plural vitelas)

1. calf (animal)

   Synonyms: cuxo, tenreira, xato

2. veal (meat)

   Synonym: tenreira

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vitela”, 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), “vitela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• Hyphenation: vi‧te‧la

vitela f (plural vitelas)

1. female equivalent of vitelo (young cow)
2. veal (flesh of a calf)

Borrowed from Latin vitella, diminutive of vitula.

• IPA^(key): /biˈtela/ [biˈt̪e.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: vi‧te‧la

vitela f (plural vitelas)

1. vellum

• “vitela”, 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