vela.
candle
Meaning & usage
candle
Acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.
clipping of vela de ignição
third wheel
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from velar. Less likely inherited from Latin vigilia.
sail
A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.
sailing
Vela é um desporto olímpico.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese vea.
inflection of velar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of velar: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
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