corruptela

Latin

Etymology

From corrumpō (“corrupt”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kor.rupˈteː.la/, [kɔrːʊpˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.rupˈte.la/, [korːupˈt̪ɛːlä]

Noun

corruptēla f (genitive corruptēlae); first declension

seduction, corruption, bribery

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corruptēla	corruptēlae
Genitive	corruptēlae	corruptēlārum
Dative	corruptēlae	corruptēlīs
Accusative	corruptēlam	corruptēlās
Ablative	corruptēlā	corruptēlīs
Vocative	corruptēla	corruptēlae

References

“corruptela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“corruptela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
corruptela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

corrutela

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptēla (“corruption”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈtɛ.lɐ/ [ko.hupˈtɛ.lɐ], /ko.ʁu.piˈtɛ.lɐ/ [ko.hu.piˈtɛ.lɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈtɛ.lɐ/ [ko.χupˈtɛ.lɐ], /ko.ʁu.piˈtɛ.lɐ/ [ko.χu.piˈtɛ.lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁupˈtɛ.la/ [ko.hupˈtɛ.la]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁuˈptɛ.lɐ/

Noun

corruptela f (plural corruptelas)

anything that corrupts
the result of corruption
(linguistics) corruption (debased or nonstandard form of a word)
(Brazil) small miner village on the edge of virgin lands

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corruptēla (“corruption”).

Noun

corruptela f (plural corruptelas)

corruption

Further reading

“corruptela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
“corruptela” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

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