tela
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (fabric) cloth, fabric woven material made of fibers
- (colloquial) difficult task difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties
- (colloquial) cash, dosh money
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish tela inherited from Latin tēla (web, loom, warp).
Origin
Latin
tēla
Gloss
web, loom, warp
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tela English
- *tela aranea Latin
- *tēlārium Latin
- tēla Latin
- tela Italian
- toilette French
- araña Spanish, Castilian
- telaraña Spanish, Castilian
- telarañado Spanish, Castilian
- telón Spanish, Castilian
- tela Portuguese
- toile Old French
- tea Galician
- tear Galician
- teară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tea Old Portuguese
- tearã Aromanian
- taila Romansh
- teila Romansh
- tela Romansh
- tele Friulian
- tela Old Occitan
- tela Old Spanish
- tial Dalmatian