cadela

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈðɛla̝/

Noun

cadela f (plural cadelas)

1. female dog
2. (pejorative) bitch
3. (informal) coin

   Synonym: peso

4. (informal, in the plural) money
5. (insects) earwig

   Synonym: cadela de frade

6. one of several species of clams

References

• “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cadela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cadela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cadela” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “cadela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cadela, from Latin catella (“female pup, young bitch”). Compare Galician cadela, Romanian cățea and Aromanian cãtsauã.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈðɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧de‧la

Noun

cadela f (plural cadelas)

1. a female dog
2. a promiscuous woman; bitch