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Vela

Vela

See also: vela, veļa, vēla, vêla, velá, veļā, and vēlā

English

Proper noun

Vela

  1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the sails of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

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vela

vela

See also: Vela, veļa, vēla, vêla, velá, veļā, and vēlā

English

Noun

vela

  1. plural of velum

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Asturian

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

  1. watch (supervision)
  2. sleeplessness
  3. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
  4. sailing (sport)
  5. candle (a light source)

Catalan

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

  1. sail (on a boat)
  2. sailing (sport)

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin vēla, plural of vēlum.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. a sail
  2. sailing

Etymology 2

From Latin vigilia.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. watch, vigil

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vēla, plural of vēlum.

Noun

vela f (plural vele)

  1. (nautical) sail
  2. (nautical, sports) sailing

Verb

vela

  1. third-person singular present indicative of velare
  2. second-person singular imperative of velare

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Ladin

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

  1. election

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.la/, [ˈwɛ.ɫa]

Noun

vela f (genitive velae); first declension

  1. Gallic Synonym of īriō
    • AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:
      irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.
      When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vela velae
genitive velae velārum
dative velae velīs
accusative velam velās
ablative velā velīs
vocative vela velae
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Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of vēlum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.la/, [ˈweː.ɫa]

Noun

vēla n

  1. nominative plural of vēlum
  2. accusative plural of vēlum
  3. vocative plural of vēlum

Etymology 3

A regularly conjugated form of vēlō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈweː.laː/, [ˈweː.ɫaː]

Verb

vēlā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vēlō

Portuguese

vela (1)
vela (2)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.la/, /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧la

Etymology 1

Back-formation from velar.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. candle
    Eu acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.
    I lit a candle to illuminate the room.
  2. Short for vela de ignição.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Kadiwéu: weela

Etymology 2

From Old 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 Portuguese vea.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. (nautical) sail
    A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.
    The ship has two masts with square sails.
  2. (nautical, sports) sailing
    Vela é um desporto olímpico.
    Sailing is an Olympic sport.

Etymology 3

Verb

vela

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of velar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of velar

Spanish

Etymology 1

From velar, or from vigilia.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. candle
  2. wakefulness, sleeplessness
    una noche en vela
    a sleepless night
  3. vigil, watch
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Verb

vela

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of velar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of velar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of velar.

Etymology 2

From Latin vēla, plural of velum

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

  1. (nautical) sail
  2. (nautical) sailing

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Etymology 3

From ver

Verb

vela

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of ver. in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:
    Vela = see (or watch) her (for a female); see (or watch) it (for a feminine noun).

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Swedish

Verb

vela

  1. to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take

Conjugation

Usage notes

  • The supine is the same as for vilja (to want, to will), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.

Zulu

Verb

-vela

  1. to appear, to come into view
  2. to happen, to occur
  3. to come, to originate [+locative = from]

Inflection

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