toalla

Asturian

Noun

toalla f (plural toalles)

  1. Alternative form of toballa

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Either from Old French toaille (“towel”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwahilu (“towel”), or directly from Gothic.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toˈaʎa̝/

Noun

toalla m (plural toallas)

  1. towel
  2. (archaic) tablecloth
    • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:
      sete mantas brancas de cama e tres mesas de mantées e dous de lata e outros alesmaniscos e un par de toallas
      seven white blankets for the bed, three tables of tablecloth (?), two [made] of boards and another two German ones, and a pair of towels

References
  • “toalla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “toal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “toalla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “toalla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “toalla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “toalla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish
Toalla de mano (hand towel).

Etymology

A borrowing from another Romance language which substituted the older tobaja, ultimately from Frankish *þwahilu.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈaʝa/ [t̪oˈa.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈaʎa/ [t̪oˈa.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈaʃa/ [t̪oˈa.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈaʒa/ [t̪oˈa.ʒa]

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  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

  • Syllabification: to‧a‧lla

Noun

toalla f (plural toallas)

  1. towel

Derived terms

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “toalla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading
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