Noun: maleta
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | maleta |
| Plural f | maletas |
Sample Sentences
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Et poso en suas maletas seu auer, et vesteusse moy rricament (And she put her belongings in her suitcases, and dressed herself richly) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:]
Nouns inflected like maleta
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since 1370. Ultimately from Old French malete, displacing maeta (13th century), from male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”). Compare English mail. See: English Nouns '
mail'.
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