alarga

See also: alargá

Portuguese

Verb

alarga

1. inflection of alargar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

alarga

1. inflection of alargar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلارغه (alarga), from Italian al largo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɫaɾ.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: a‧lar‧ga

Noun

alarga (definite accusative alargayı, plural alargalar)

1. (nautical) high seas

   Synonyms: açık deniz, engin

Adverb

alarga

1. (slang) afar, from a distance

Interjection

alarga

1. (slang) Is used with the meaning of "Pass through the open!" or "Don't approach!"

Further reading

• “alarga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 19
• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, § 20
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alarga”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “alarga”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı