paletada

Spanish

Noun

paletada f (plural paletadas)

1. trowel
2. trowelful
3. spadeful
4. spatula
5. sail, blade
6. palette
7. incisor (tooth)
8. hit with a spade or shovel

Descendants

• Tagalog: paletada

Further reading

• “paletada”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palitada

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paletada (“trowelful; shovelful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paleˈtada/ [pɐ.lɛˈt̪aː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧le‧ta‧da

Noun

paletada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜆᜇ)

1. cement mortar; plaster

Derived terms

• paletadahan

 

References

• “paletada”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “paletada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018