ortiga

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin urtīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [urˈti.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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.

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Galician

Ortiga or estruga

Ortiga or estruga

Alternative forms

• urtia, urtiga

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician and 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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ortiga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ortiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ortiga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ortiga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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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]

• IPA^(key): /urˈtiɡɐ/

Etymology 1

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigas)

1. Alternative form of urtiga

Etymology 2

Verb

ortiga

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ortiga, from Latin urtīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈtiɡa/ [oɾˈt̪i.ɣ̞a]

Noun

ortiga f (plural ortigas)

1. nettle (plant)

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