esquela

Borrowed from Spanish esquela.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈkɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈke.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [esˈkɛ.la]

esquela f (plural esqueles)

1. announcement
2. death announcement, obituary

   Synonyms: esquela mortuòria, necrologia

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

Borrowed from Latin scheda (“piece of paper”), either borrowed directly or perhaps via Italian scheda, with Spanish speakers attempting to approximate the [-d-] with their own [-l-]. First documented in early modern Spanish.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkela/ [esˈke.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧que‧la

esquela f (plural esquelas)

1. note, letter
2. death announcement, funeral announcement

• “esquela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

• “esquela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “esquela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 756