capela

From Old Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɛla̝/

capela f (plural capelas)

1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
2. fleece of a sheep
3. layer
4. eyelid
5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
6. hood

   Synonym: muradá

• A Capela

• capa

• “capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “capela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “capela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “capela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• capella (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese capela (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈpɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

capela f (plural capelas)

1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
2. (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)

• (chapel): ermida

• capa
• capelão

capela

1. Only used in a capela

• capeła

See capeła. Compare Italian cappella

capela f (plural capele)

1. error, mistake
2. head (of a nail)
3. glans penis