esquela

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esquela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈke.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɛ.la]

Noun

esquela f (plural esqueles)

1. announcement
2. death announcement, obituary

   Synonyms: esquela mortuòria, necrologia

Further reading

• “esquela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scheda (“piece of paper”), either borrowed directly or perhaps via Italian scheda, with Spanish speakers attempting to approximate the [-d-] with their own [-l-]. First documented in early modern Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkela/ [esˈke.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧que‧la

Noun

esquela f (plural esquelas)

1. note, letter
2. death announcement, funeral announcement

References

• “esquela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

• “esquela”, 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
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “esquela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 756