flecha

See also: Flecha, flechá, and flécha

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.

Noun

flecha f (plural fleches)

1. arrow (projectile)
2. arrow (symbol)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• frecha (obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Frankish *fliukkijābor.

Vulgar Latin *fleccia

Old French flechebor.

Old Galician-Portuguese frecha

Old French fleche

Middle French fleche

French flècheinflu.

Portuguese flecha

Relatinization of earlier frecha influenced by French flèche, from Old Galician-Portuguese frecha, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish *fliukkijā.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛʃɐ
• Hyphenation: fle‧cha

Noun

flecha f (plural flechas)

1. arrow (projectile)
2. arrow (symbol)
3. (architecture) spire

Synonyms

• (arrow) frecha, seta (both meanings)
• (spire): agulha f

Related terms

• arco-e-flecha
• flechada
• flechar
• flecheira

See also

• arco m

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflet͡ʃa/ [ˈfle.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -etʃa
• Syllabification: fle‧cha

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish frecha, flecha, borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.

Noun

flecha f (plural flechas)

1. arrow (projectile)

   Synonym: saeta

2. arrow (symbol)

Derived terms

• como una flecha
• flechar
• flechazo
• flechero
• flechita
• tiraflechas

 

Etymology 2

Verb

flecha

1. inflection of flechar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “flecha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28