acelga

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة‎ (as-silqa).

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. chard

   Synonyms: celga, bleda, lampaza

Further reading

• “acelga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “acelga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Portuguese

acelga

Alternative forms

• celga

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة‎ (as-silqa). Compare Spanish acelga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛw.ɡɐ/ [aˈsɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛw.ɡɐ/ [aˈsɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛw.ɡa/ [aˈsɛʊ̯.ɡa]

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

• Rhymes: -ɛlɡɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧cel‧ga

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. (cooking, botany) chard (Beta vulgaris, sometimes Beta vulgaris var. cicla)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة‎ (as-silqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθelɡa/ [aˈθel.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈselɡa/ [aˈsel.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: a‧cel‧ga

Noun

acelga f (plural acelgas)

1. chard, mangold (edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)

Further reading

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