canaleta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈle.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈle.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈle.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.nɐˈle.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧na‧le‧ta

Noun

canaleta f (plural canaletas)

1. gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)

   Synonyms: calha, algeroz, agueiro

2. gutter (groove beside a bowling alley)
3. swale (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water)

   Synonym: valeta

Spanish

Etymology

From canal +‎ -eta.

Noun

canaleta f (plural canaletas)

1. gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)
2. gutter (groove beside a bowling alley)
3. canal (trough to carry water)

Further reading

• “canaleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10