centella

See also: centellá

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin scintilla. First attested in 1575.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sənˈte.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [senˈte.ʎa]

Noun

centella f (plural centelles)

1. spark (burst of electric discharge)

   Synonyms: espurna, guspira

Derived terms

• centellejar

Further reading

• “centella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “centella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “centella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Verb

centella

1. inflection of centellare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenˈteʝa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θenˈteʝa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θenˈteʎa/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senˈteʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /senˈteʝa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /senˈteʎa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senˈteʃa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senˈteʒa/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Rhymes: -eʃa
• Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: cen‧te‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin scintilla.

Alternative forms

• centalla

Noun

centella f (plural centellas)

1. spark (burst of electric discharge)

   Synonym: chispa

Derived terms

• centellear
• rayos y centellas

 

Related terms

• centellar
• cintilar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

centella

1. inflection of centellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “centella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28