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panela.

cooking pot

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/paˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/pɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal

  1. cooking pot

    feminine

  2. cooking pan

    feminine

  3. clique (small, exclusive group)

    feminine

  4. buttocks

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina? Late Latin panna Vulgar Latin *pannella Old Galician-Portuguese panela Portuguese panela Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese panela, from Vulgar Latin *pannella, from Late Latin panna, possibly from Latin patina (“frying pan”). Related to English pan. Cognate with Sicilian panneḍḍa.

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