toalla

toalla f (plural toalles)

1. Alternative form of toballa

Attested since the 13th century. Either from Old French toaille (“towel”) or directly from Gothic,[1] from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō (“towel”), from *þwahaną (“to wash”).

Cognate with Portuguese toalha, Asturian toballa, Spanish tobaja, French touaille, English towel, among others.

• IPA^(key): /toˈaʎa̝/

toalla m (plural toallas)

1. towel
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 172:

     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

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

A borrowing from another Romance language which substituted the older tobaja, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þwahilō; cf. Frankish *þwahila. Compared to Galician toalla and Portuguese toalha, also French touaille, Italian tovaglia, English towel.[1]

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /toˈaʎa/, [t̪oˈaʎa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /toˈaɟ͡ʝa/, [t̪oˈaʝa]

toalla f (plural toallas)

1. towel

• toallita f
• toallero m