# cancela
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin cancellus (“grate; barrier”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈθɛla̝/, (western) /kanˈsɛla̝/

### Noun

cancela m (plural cancelas)
* gate (doorlike barred or planked structure outside a house)
    O falar non ten cancelas (proverb) ― Speech has no gates

#### Derived terms

* Cancela
* Cancelas
* Canceleira
* Canceliñas

#### Related terms

* Cancelada
* cancelar
* cancelo
* Cancelo

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cancela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cancela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cancela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cancela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɐ̃ˈsɛ.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: can‧ce‧la

### Etymology 1

From cancelo, from Latin cancellus.

#### Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)
* gate
** 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:A cama que servia de cancela foi afastada rapidamente, uma a uma as mulheres entraram, […]The bed that functioned as gate was quickly pulled aside, one by one the women entered, […]

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cancela
* inflection of cancelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cancela”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “cancela”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “cancela” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “cancela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “cancela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “cancela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /kanˈθela/ [kãn̟ˈθe.la]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /kanˈsela/ [kãnˈse.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: can‧ce‧la

### Etymology 1

From cancel.

#### Alternative forms

* cancel (Ecuador)

#### Noun

cancela f (plural cancelas)
* lattice gate

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cancela
* inflection of cancelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cancela”, 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