llaga

Phuthi

Etymology

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Noun

ĺlaga class 5 (plural émálaga class 6)

1. sun

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝaɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝaɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎaɡa/ [ˈʎa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɡa/ [ˈʃa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɡa/ [ˈʒa.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: lla‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin plāga. Compare Portuguese chaga, Italian piaga, French plaie, Romanian plagă. See also the borrowed doublet plaga.

Noun

llaga f (plural llagas)

1. wound

   Synonyms: herida, lesión

2. sore

   Synonym: cocedura

3. ulcer

   Synonym: úlcera

Derived terms

• llagas de Cristo
• meter el dedo en la llaga

 

Etymology 2

Verb

llaga

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

Further reading

• “llaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014