delas

See also: Delas, delaš, děláš, and dęłaś

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person feminine plural pronoun elas (“they, them”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛlɐs/

Contraction

delas f pl (masculine sg del, feminine sg dela, masculine plural deles)

1. of them, from them

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dellas (pre-1911/1943)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.lɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: de‧las

Contraction

delas f pl

1. Contraction of de elas (“of them (feminine); their (feminine)”): feminine plural of dele

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈlas]

Verb

delas

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of delăsa

Spanish

Etymology

• preposition de + article las

Contraction

delas

1. (obsolete) of the, from the (followed by plural feminine noun)

Related terms

• del
• dela
• delos

 

Verb

delas

1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with las

Swedish

Verb

delas

1. passive infinitive of dela
2. present passive of dela

Anagrams

• Edlas, adels, lades, ledas, sadel

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish delas, from de las. Its use as a contraction of de las in Spanish-origin surnames originated during the American colonial era, possibly by influence of Italian della and delle.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deˈlas/ [d̪ɛˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: de‧las

Particle

delás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. particle found in Spanish-derived surnames when originally spelled with de las, such as delas Alas (from earlier de las Alas)

Related terms

• del
• dela
• delos

 

Anagrams

• selda

Volapük

Noun

delas

1. genitive plural of del