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veleta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vele-ta
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dance to waltz music in triple time.

Etymology

Etymology tree Spanish vela Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. Spanish -eta Spanish veletabor. English veleta Borrowed from Spanish veleta.

Inflected Forms

veletas (plural) valeta (alternative)

Questions

What does veleta mean?
A dance to waltz music in triple time.
Where does veleta come from?
Etymology tree Spanish vela Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. Spanish -eta Spanish veletabor. English veleta Borrowed from Spanish veleta.

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