panatela

English

Alternative forms

• panatella, panetela

Etymology

From Spanish panatela, the name of a long thin biscuit, from the Italian diminutive panatella, which ultimately derives from Latin pānis (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

panatela (plural panatelas)

1. A long thin cigar.

Anagrams

• Plataean

French

Noun

panatela m (plural panatelas)

1. Alternative spelling of panatella

Further reading

• “panatela”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 April 2023

Alternative forms

• panetela

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian panatella, diminutive of panata, a derivation of Latin pānis (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panaˈtela/ [pa.naˈt̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧te‧la

Noun

panatela f (plural panatelas)

1. a long thin biscuit
2. a long thin cigar
   • 2003 [1985], Gabriel García Márquez, El amor en los tiempos de cólera (fiction), Nueva York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 175:

     Fumaban unas panetelas de salteadores que Hildebranda había llevado ocultas en los forros del baúl[.]

     They smoked some highwaymen's panetelas which Hildebranda had brought hidden in the lining of the trunk[.]

Further reading

• “panatela”, 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