ágata

See also: Appendix:Variations of "agata"

Galician

Noun

ágata f (uncountable)

1. agate (mineral)

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin achātēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓χᾱ́της (ăkhā́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa.ta/

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

• Homophone: Ágata
• Hyphenation: á‧ga‧ta

Noun

ágata f (plural ágatas)

1. agate (mineral)

Further reading

• “ágata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ágata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin achātēs, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡata/ [ˈa.ɣ̞a.t̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɡata
• Syllabification: á‧ga‧ta

Noun

ágata f (plural ágatas)

1. agate

Descendants

• → Tagalog: agata

Further reading

• “ágata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025