Italian

Proper noun

Tecla ? f

1. Thecla, Thekla

Asturian

Noun

tecla f ‎(plural tecles)

1. key, button (on a machine or musical instrument)

Portuguese

teclas

Etymology

Cross of Late Latin *thecula, diminutive of Latin theca ‎(“box”), and Andalusian Arabic تاقرا ‎(taqra), which is from a Berber language such as Tuareg tegra ("earthenware bowl)."^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.kla/, /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.klɐ/
• Hyphenation: te‧cla

Noun

tecla f (plural teclas)

1. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
2. (music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tecla.

Derived terms

• a mesma tecla
• tecladista
• teclado
• teclar

References

1. ↑ Corriente, Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.kla/

Noun

tecla f ‎(plural teclas)

1. key, button (on a machine or instrument)

Related terms

• tecla de borrado
• teclado
• teclear

See also

• botón