tetera

From te (“tea”) +‎ -t- +‎ -era.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈte.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa

tetera f (plural teteres)

1. teapot

• cobretetera

• “tetera”, 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
• “tetera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tetera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tetera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /teˈteɾa/ [t̪eˈt̪e.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: te‧te‧ra

From té (“tea”) +‎ -t- +‎ -era. Compare French théière, Italian teiera. See also cafetera (“coffeemaker; coffeepot”).

tetera f (plural teteras)

1. teapot (vessel for tea)

   Synonym: charera

2. teakettle; kettle (for boiling water)

   Synonyms: hervidor, pava

• charera

According to Argentine writer Juan José Sebrelli, “tetera” comes from English toilet room, which is sometimes shortened to t-room, which sounds similar to “tea room” (“salón de té” in Spanish).^[1]

tetera f (plural teteras)

1. (gay slang, Argentina) a public restroom used as a place for casual sex between men; a tearoom or teahouse^[2][3]

• “tetera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024