tendal

See also: tendál

Catalan

Etymology

From tenda (“tent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [tənˈdal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [tenˈdal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al

Noun

tendal m (plural tendals)

1. awning

Further reading

• “tendal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tendal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tendal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tendal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Tendal

Alternative forms

• tondal

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Tenda (“tent”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdal/

Noun

tendal m (plural tendais)

1. (archaic) pole of a tent or pavilion
2. (historical) installation for hanging and drying flax and linen
3. clothesline
4. place or installation to hang and dry things
5. board, table or platform where the loaves are deposited before being taken to the oven
6. tarpaulin; shed

Related terms

• tenda

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tendal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tendal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tendal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tendal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tendal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From tenda + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdaw/ [tẽˈdaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdal/ [tẽˈdaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdal/ [tẽˈdaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈda.li/

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ten‧dal

Noun

tendal m (plural tendais)

1. clothesline (cord to hang clothes on so they can dry)

   Synonyms: varal, estendedouro, estendal

Further reading

• “tendal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tendal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “tendal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tendal”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tendal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tendal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

A clotheslines

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Old Spanish tender

Spanish tender

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish tendal

From tender + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdal/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ten‧dal

Noun

tendal m (plural tendales)

1. clothesline

   Synonym: cuerda para tender la ropa

2. tarpaulin
3. washing (hanging out in the sun)
4. fruit dryer
5. place to hang things
6. (Asturias) clotheshorse

Further reading

• “tendal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025