tecla

See also: Tecla

Asturian

Noun

tecla f (plural tecles)

  1. key, button (on a machine or musical instrument)

Portuguese
teclas

Etymology

Cross of Late Latin *thecula, diminutive of Latin theca (“box”), and Andalusian Arabic تاقرا‎ (taqra), which is from a Berber language such as Tuareg tegra (“earthenware bowl”)."[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.kla/, /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧cla

Noun

tecla f (plural teclas)

  1. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
  2. (music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tecla.

Derived terms

Verb

tecla

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of teclar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of teclar

References
  1. Corriente, Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Cross of Late Latin *thecula, diminutive of Latin theca (“box”), and Andalusian Arabic تاقرا‎ (taqra), which is from a Berber language such as Tuareg tegra (“earthenware bowl”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtekla/, [ˈt̪ekla]

Noun

tecla f (plural teclas)

  1. key, button (on a machine or instrument)

See also

Further reading

References
  1. Corriente, Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects
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