donzela

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === donçela donsela === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /don.ˈd͡zɛ.la/ === Noun === donzela f (plural donzelas) maiden, damsel, young unmarried woman 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Alfonso X of Castile, B 476: Non quer'eu donzela fea (facsimile) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: doncela Portuguese: donzela == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlɐ Hyphenation: don‧ze‧la === Noun === donzela f (plural donzelas, masculine donzel or donzelo, masculine plural donzéis or donzelos) maiden, damsel Donzela em apuros ― Damsel in distress maid, handmaid ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “donzela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “donzela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026