fivela

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fivela, from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of Latin fībula (whence Portuguese fíbula was borrowed).

Cognate with Galician fibela and Spanish hebilla.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈvɛ.lɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈbɛ.lɐ/ [fiˈβɛ.lɐ]

Hyphenation: fi‧ve‧la

Noun

fivela f (plural fivelas)

(countable) buckle (belt clasp)

Derived terms

afivelar

Related terms

fíbula

Further reading

“fivela” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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