Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) room (division in a building)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of sala de estar (“living room”)
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of sala de aula (“classroom”)
  4. (feminine, metonymically) class (group of students)

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsa.lɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sala, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *salą. Doublet of Sá.

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