jerga
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old Occitan gergon, from Old French jargon (“the chattering of birds”). Ultimately of echoic origin. Compare Latin garriō (“to chatter”); English gargle, garrulous; Spanish garganta, gárgara, gargajo, jerigonza.
Noun[edit]
jerga f (plural jergas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from Latin sērica. Compare Portuguese xerga, French serge, Romanian sarică. Possibly a doublet of sarga.
Noun[edit]
jerga f (plural jergas)
Further reading[edit]
- “jerga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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