neles

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + third-person masculine plural pronoun eles (“they, them”).

Contraction

neles m pl (masculine sg nel, feminine sg nela, feminine plural nelas)

1. in them

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.lis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.lis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈne.liʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈne.les/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈne.lɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: ne‧les

Contraction

neles m pl

1. Contraction of em eles (“in them (masculine)”): masculine plural of nele

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nele.

Spanish

Etymology

From nel +‎ -es.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneles/ [ˈne.les]
• Rhymes: -eles
• Syllabification: ne‧les

Adverb

neles

1. (slang, El Salvador, Honduras) Synonym of nel (no; no way; nope)

Usage notes

The usage is similar to that of a particle.

Further reading

• “neles”, 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
• “neles”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010