Noun: toalla
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | toalla |
| Plural m | toallas |
Sample Sentences
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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) [1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:]
Nouns inflected like toalla
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. Either from Old French toaille (“towel”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwahilu (“towel”), or directly from Gothic.
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