toalha

Portuguese

toalhas

toalha de mesa

Etymology

From Old Occitan toalha,^[1][2][3][4] from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *thwahillja.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwa.ʎɐ/

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

Noun

toalha f (plural toalhas)

1. towel
2. table cloth

Derived terms

• deitar a toalha ao chão
• jogar a toalha
• toalha de banho
• toalha de mesa
• toalhete

 

Descendants

• → Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
  • Bengali: তোয়ালে (tōẇale)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तौलिया (tauliyā)

  Urdu: تولیہ (tauliya)

• → Kadiwéu: toaaya
• → Malay: tuala / توالا
  • → Central Melanau: tuala
• → Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
• → Punjabi: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
• → Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
• → Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
• → Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)

References

1. “toalha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
2. “toalha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
3. “toalha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
4. “toalha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024