Italian

Verb

querela

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

Noun

querela f ‎(plural querele)

1. (law) action, plaint

Related terms

• querelare
• querelatorio

Latin

Etymology

From queri ‎(“to complain”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷeˈreː.la/, [kᶣɛˈreː.ɫa]

Noun

querēla f ‎(genitive querēlae); first declension

1. complaint, grievance
2. illness
3. lament

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: querelle
• Italian: querela
• Spanish: querella
• Portuguese: querela

References

• querela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• QUERELA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “querela”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

querela f (plural querelas)

1. quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)