Polyglot Dictionary

querela

/keˈɾɛlɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as querelas

Meaning

  1. quarrel, complaint

    • Apresentou uma querela.

      He lodged a complaint.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

rixa

rixa and querela are close synonyms for "quarrel," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

English

row

Close — a quarrel, complaint relates to "a row" (British English for a noisy argument).

Practice

1 What does querela mean?

2 Fill the gap: Apresentou uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches querela?

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