# tutela
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tūtēla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tuˈtɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tuˈtɛ.la]
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: tu‧te‧la

### Noun

tutela f (plural tuteles)
* custody
* guardianship

### Further reading

* “tutela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin tūtēla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈtɛla/ [t̪uˈt̪ɛ.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: tu‧te‧la

### Noun

tutela f (plural tutelas)
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### Further reading

* “tutela”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈtɛ.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: tu‧tè‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tūtēla.

#### Noun

tutela f (plural tutele)
* (law) guardianship, tutorship
    Synonym: curatela
* protection

##### Derived terms

* autotutela
* tutelare (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tutela
* inflection of tutelare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* tutela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

From tueor (“watch; guard”) +‎ -ēla.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /tuːˈteː.la/, [t̪uːˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /tuˈte.la/, [t̪uˈt̪ɛːlä]

### Noun

tūtēla f (genitive tūtēlae); first declension
* tutelage, guardianship
* dependent, client
* watching, keeping, charge, care
    Synonyms: cūra, cultūra, cūrātiō, sollicitūdō
* safeguard, defence, protection
    Synonyms: dēfēnsiō, dēfēnsa, prōtēctiō, vindicātiō

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: tutela
* Galician: tutela
* Italian: tutela
* Old French: tutele, tutelle
** French: tutelle
** → Middle English: tutele (“female guardian or protector”)
* → English: tutele (“tutelage”)
* Portuguese: tutela
* Romanian: tutelă
* Sicilian: tutila
* Spanish: tutela

### References

* “tutela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “tutela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* tutela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* tutela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “tutela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “tutela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tutela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈtɛː.la/

### Noun

tutela f (plural tuteli)
* (law) guardianship, tutorship

#### Related terms

* ttutela
* tutelari
* tutur

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin tūtēla.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈtɛ.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: tu‧te‧la

#### Noun

tutela f (plural tutelas)
* guardianship, tutorship
    Synonym: curatela

##### Related terms

* tutelar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tutela
* inflection of tutelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tutela” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Romanian
### Etymology

From tutelă +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tu.teˈla/

### Verb

a tutela (third-person singular present tutelează, past participle tutelat) 1st conjugation
* to mentor, to have a protégé

#### Derived terms

* tutelare

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈtela/ [t̪uˈt̪e.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: tu‧te‧la

### Etymology 1

From Latin tūtēla.

#### Noun

tutela f (plural tutelas)
* custody
* guardianship
* title

##### Derived terms

* tutela judicial
* tutela judicial efectiva

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tutela
* inflection of tutelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tutela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10