celada

Catalan

Etymology

From celar (“to hide”). Alternatively, the sense of "sallet" could be derived from Latin caelāta, the feminine of caelātus (“carved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [səˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [seˈla.ða]

Noun

celada f (plural celades)

1. (historical) sallet
2. (chess) trap

   Synonym: parany

Further reading

• “celada”, 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈlada/ [θeˈla.ð̞a] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seˈlada/ [seˈla.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ce‧la‧da

Etymology 1

Thought to be from Latin caelāta (“ornamentally engraved (helmet)”) (although the Latin word is not attested in this sense).

Noun

celada f (plural celadas)

1. (historical) sallet, salade

Etymology 2

Participle

celada f sg

1. feminine singular of celado

Further reading

• “celada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026