toalla
التعريفات والمعاني
== Asturian ==
=== Noun ===
toalla f (plural toalles)
alternative form of toballa
=== Further reading ===
“toalla”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Attested since the 13th century. Either from Old French toaille (“towel”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwahilu (“towel”), or directly from Gothic.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /toˈaʎa̝/
=== Noun ===
toalla m (plural toallas)
towel
(archaic) tablecloth
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “toalla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “toal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toalla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
toballa (dated)
tobaja
=== Etymology ===
A borrowing from another Romance language which displaced the older tobaja, ultimately from Frankish *þwahilu.
=== Pronunciation ===
Syllabification: to‧a‧lla
=== Noun ===
toalla f (plural toallas)
towel
Synonym: fazaleja (uncommon)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Karao: towalja
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“toalla”, 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