tecla

== Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtekla/ [ˈt̪e.kla] Rhymes: -ekla Syllabification: te‧cla === Noun === tecla f (plural tecles) key, button (on a machine or musical instrument) == Catalan == === Etymology === See Portuguese and Spanish tecla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈte.klə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈte.kla] === Noun === tecla f (plural tecles) key, button (on a machine or instrument) ==== Derived terms ==== teclat teclejar === Further reading === “tecla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Etymology === See Portuguese and Spanish tecla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛkla/ [ˈt̪ɛ.klɐ] Rhymes: -ɛkla === Noun === tecla f (plural teclas) key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard) (music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard) ==== Derived terms ==== teclado === Further reading === “tecla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tecla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛklɐ Hyphenation: te‧cla === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin thēcula, diminutive of Latin thēca (“box”), perhaps blended with a descendant of Latin tēgula (“tile”). ==== Noun ==== tecla f (plural teclas) key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard) (music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard) ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:tecla. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tecla inflection of teclar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === tecla on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “tecla”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tecla”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin thēcula, diminutive of Latin thēca (“box”), perhaps blended with a descendant of Latin tēgula (“tile”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtekla/ [ˈt̪e.kla] Rhymes: -ekla Syllabification: te‧cla === Noun === tecla f (plural teclas) key, button (on a machine or instrument) trigger; button (delicate topic) ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === tecla f feminine singular of teclo === See also === botón === References === === Further reading === “tecla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025