ortiga

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin urtīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [urˈti.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [oɾˈti.ɣa]

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigues)

1. nettle

Derived terms

• ortiga morta
• ortigall

Further reading

• “ortiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Ortiga or estruga

Ortiga or estruga

Alternative forms

• urtia, urtiga

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin urtīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈtiɣa̝/

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigas)

1. nettle

   Synonym: estruga

2. marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)

   Synonyms: raia estruga, raia ortiga, trémaro

Derived terms

• estruga
• estrugar
• ortiga do mar
• ortiga molar
• ortigar
• Ortigueira

References

• “ortiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ortiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ortiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ortiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/ [ohˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/ [ohˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/ [oχˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻˈt͡ʃi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈti.ɡɐ/ [ɔɾˈti.ɣɐ]

Etymology 1

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigas)

1. Alternative form of urtiga

Etymology 2

Verb

ortiga

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈtiɡa/ [oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: or‧ti‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ortiga, from Latin urtīca.

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigas)

1. nettle (plant)

Derived terms

• ortiga mansa

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ortiga

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

Further reading

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