toalha

Meaning

1. (feminine) towel (cloth used for drying something wet)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of toalha de mesa

Concepts

towel

tablecloth

table-cloth

Synonyms

guardanapo

Translations

toalla

Handtuch

serviette

handdoek

asciugamano

tovallola

منشفة

tovaglia

πετσέτα

havlu

mantele

essuie-main

Tischtuch

nappe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuˈa.ʎɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Provençal: toalha

In summary

Borrowed from Old Occitan toalha, from Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahillja (“towel, washcloth”). Compare Italian tovaglia (“tablecloth”).