celda
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθelda/ [ˈθel̪.d̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈselda/ [ˈsel̪.d̪a]
- Rhymes: -elda
- Syllabification: cel‧da
Noun
[edit]celda f (plural celdas)
- cell
- prison cell
- Synonym: calabozo
- 2015 November 23, “Interior alertó del riesgo de suicidio en la celda donde murió un turista”, in El País[1]:
- "La policía me dijo que mi marido falleció tras ahorcarse con una manta en la celda", recuerda por teléfono la viuda, Catherine Corless, de 28 años.
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tagalog: selda
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “celda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “celda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014