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noun, feminine

esquela

/esˈkela/

noun, feminine/esˈkela/plural: esquelas

note, letter; death announcement, funeral announcement

Borrowed from Latin scheda (“piece of paper”), either borrowed directly or perhaps via Italian scheda, with Spanish speakers attempting to approximate the [-d-] with their own [-l-]. First documented in early modern Spanish.

esquela — Spanish Dictionary | Passage