"cela" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛ.lɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈsɛ.lɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: celas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), from Latin cella (“small room”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|cela||cell}} Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), {{der|pt|la|cella||small room}} Latin cella (“small room”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*ḱelnā}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} cela f (plural celas)
  1. cell (small room or compartment)
    room in a prison for containing inmates
    Tags: feminine Synonyms: jaula, cárcere
    Sense id: en-cela-pt-noun-UJtd~Qqb Categories (other): Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Prison Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 0 11 1 14 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 11 10 12 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 17 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 11 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 10 12 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 18 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Prison: 100 0
  2. cell (small room or compartment)
    room of a monastery
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cela-pt-noun-srGlr3x6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: célula
Categories (other): Monasticism, Religion Disambiguation of Monasticism: 0 0 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0

Inflected forms

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