praga

See also: Praga, pragà, Prága, and Prāga

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese praga, plaga, borrowed from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangere (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Compare the inherited chaga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡa/

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

• Homophone: Praga
• Hyphenation: pra‧ga
• Rhymes: -aɡɐ

Noun

praga f (plural pragas)

1. (uncountable) plague (a disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis)

   Synonyms: peste negra, peste bubônica

2. (pathology) plague (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease)

   Synonyms: epidemia, pandemia, peste, pestilência, aflição, moléstia

3. plague (a widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)

   Synonyms: calamidade, desgraça

4. curse, swearword

   Synonyms: obscenidade, palavrão

5. (figuratively) someone or something which is a nuisance

Derived terms

• praguejar
• praguento

Further reading

• “praga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024