tela

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (broadly,feminine) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
3. (feminine) screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (broadly,feminine) cinema
5. (Brazil,feminine) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
6. (feminine) a very thin tissue

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of telar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of telar:

Hyphenated as

te‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ.lɐ/

Etymology

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

Sentences

Seu computador de repente mostra uma tela azul da morte .

Your computer suddenly shows a blue screen of death.

Um grupo de homens em um escritório olhando para uma tela grande .

A group of men in an office staring at a large screen.