"celda" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθelda/ [Spain], [ˈθel̪.d̪a] [Spain], /ˈselda/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [ˈsel̪.d̪a] [Latin-America, Philippines] Forms: celdas [plural]
Rhymes: -elda Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|cella}} Borrowed from Latin cella, {{doublet|es|cilla|notext=1}} cilla Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} celda f (plural celdas)
  1. cell Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-celda-es-noun-OdArQpOL
  2. prison cell Tags: feminine Synonyms: calabozo
    Sense id: en-celda-es-noun-J1HXH6Dt Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: celda unidad, celdilla

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "celda unidad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "celdilla"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "selda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: selda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: selda"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cella"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin cella",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cilla",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "cilla",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celdas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "celda f (plural celdas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cel‧da"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cell"
      ],
      "id": "en-celda-es-noun-OdArQpOL",
      "links": [
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 November 23, “Interior alertó del riesgo de suicidio en la celda donde murió un turista”, in El País:",
          "text": "\"La policía me dijo que mi marido falleció tras ahorcarse con una manta en la celda\", recuerda por teléfono la viuda, Catherine Corless, de 28 años.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison cell"
      ],
      "id": "en-celda-es-noun-J1HXH6Dt",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison cell",
          "prison cell"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "calabozo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθelda/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈθel̪.d̪a]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈselda/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsel̪.d̪a]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celda"
}
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    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish doublets",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "celda unidad"
    },
    {
      "word": "celdilla"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "selda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: selda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: selda"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cella"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin cella",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cilla",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "cilla",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin cella, with the -ld- arising from the effort of pronouncing a double Latin -ll- at the time (cf. rebelde). Compare the inherited doublet cilla, from Old Spanish ciella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "celdas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "celda f (plural celdas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cel‧da"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cell",
          "cell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 November 23, “Interior alertó del riesgo de suicidio en la celda donde murió un turista”, in El País:",
          "text": "\"La policía me dijo que mi marido falleció tras ahorcarse con una manta en la celda\", recuerda por teléfono la viuda, Catherine Corless, de 28 años.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prison cell"
      ],
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        [
          "prison cell",
          "prison cell"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "calabozo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθelda/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈθel̪.d̪a]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈselda/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsel̪.d̪a]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "celda"
}

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