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vela latina

Spanish, noun[ˈbela laˈt̪ina]

vela latina is spelled V-E-L-A-L-A-T-I-N-A (10 letters). Vela latina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lateen (sail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does vela latina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelateen (sail)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Vela de embarcación que puede presentar al viento cualquiera de sus dos caras. Tienen forma triangular, con un ángulo recto u obtuso que es el opuesto al grátil.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of vela latina

  • velas latinas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vela latina?

  • [ˈbela laˈt̪ina]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vela latina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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