vela latina

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lɐ laˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.la laˈt͡ʃi.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lɐ lɐˈti.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lɐ lɐˈti.nɐ/

Noun

vela latina f (plural velas latinas)

(nautical) lateen (sail)
Synonym: latina

Further reading

“vela latina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

vela latina f (plural velas latinas)

(nautical) lateen (sail)

Further reading

“vela latina”, 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