canalla
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈna.ʎə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈna.ʎa]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Hyphenation: ca‧na‧lla
Noun
canalla f (plural canalles)
- (collective) children
- 1956, Joan Sales, Incerta glòria:
- Mentrestant la canalla, i n'hi havia un mosquer, venien a admirar de la vora els nostres galons, les nostres guerreres flamants.
- Meanwhile the children--and there was a swarm of them--came close up to admire our stripes, our brand-new military jackets.
- (castells) the child members of a colla, as a group
- assaig de canalla
- special practice for the children of a colla
- (obsolete, derogatory) canaille
Further reading
- “canalla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “canalla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Attested since 1671. Ultimately, from Italian canaglia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑˈnaʎɐ]
Noun
canalla f (plural canallas)
- (collective, uncountable) canaille
- Synonyms: xentalla, xente bafúa
- rascal, jerk, scumbag
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canalla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “canalla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian canaglia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaʝa/ [kaˈna.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaʎa/ [kaˈna.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaʃa/ [kaˈna.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaʒa/ [kaˈna.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ca‧na‧lla
Noun
canalla f (plural canallas)
Noun
canalla m or f by sense (plural canallas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) swine, rascal
Derived terms
Further reading
- “canalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024