drago

See also: Drago, dragó, and dragò

Catalan

Verb

drago

1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Italian

Alternative forms

• draco (obsolete, literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: drà‧go

Etymology 1

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

Noun

drago m (plural draghi)

1. dragon (legendary creature)

   Synonym: dragone

   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 130–132; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Poi parve a me che la terra s’aprisse
     tr’ambo le ruote, e vidi uscirne un drago
     che per lo carro sù la coda fisse

     Then it seemed to me the earth split open under the two wheels, and I saw a dragon come out of there, who stuck his tail in the carriage

   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto quintodecimo [Fifteenth canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎^[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 62:

     Vide Leoni e Draghi pien di tosco,
     Et altre fere a traversarsi il calle

     He saw lions, and dragons packed with venom, and other beasts roaming on the path

2. (figurative, informal) expert, whizz
3. (figurative, informal, uncommon) a violent or impetuous person
4. (heraldry) dragon
   • 16^th century, Vincenzo Borghini, Dell'arme delle famiglie fiorentine‎^[2], Florence: Pietro Gaet. Viviani, published 1755, page 44, collected in Discorsi di monsignore D. Vincenzio Borghini - parte seconda:

     E' Guelfi soli di Fiorenza usaron per generale insegna la rossa sopra un drago verde

     And the Guelphs of Florence alone used a red one [eagle] above a green dragon as their coat of arms

5. (uncommon) kite (flying toy)

   Synonym: aquilone

6. (zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus

Derived terms

• draghetto
• indragare

Related terms

• dragone

Further reading

• drago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drago

1. first-person singular present indicative of dragare

Anagrams

• Grado, droga, godrà, grado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾa.ɡu/ [ˈdɾa.ɣu]

Etymology 1

From Latin dracō via the nominative form. Now replaced by dragão, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

drago m (plural dragos)

1. (obsolete) dragon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drago

1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Further reading

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

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic; compare Serbo-Croatian drag, Romanian drag, Bulgarian драг (drag).

Adjective

drago (plural dragi)

1. dear
2. darling
3. beloved

Noun

drago m

1. affection
2. enjoyment

   Drágo mánge te gilabav ánde lávuta.

   I enjoy playing the fiddle.

3. fun
4. pleasure

   Che drágo!

   What pleasure!

5. preference

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drâːɡo/
• Hyphenation: dra‧go

Adverb

drȃgo (Cyrillic spelling дра̑го, comparative drȁžē, superlative najdraže)

1. to be glad, pleased, delighted (in copulative constructs)

   drago mi je ― I am glad

   bilo joj je jako drago ― she was very pleased

   što god ti drago ― whatever/anything you like

   kako ti drago ― as you like it

Further reading

• “drago”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

drago (Cyrillic spelling драго)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of drag

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drago (Cyrillic spelling драго)

1. vocative singular of drȁga

Further reading

• “drago”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾaɡo/ [ˈd̪ɾa.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: dra‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of dragón, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Noun

drago m (plural dragos)

1. the dragon tree

Derived terms

• sangre de drago

Related terms

• dragón

Etymology 2

Verb

drago

1. first-person singular present indicative of dragar

Further reading

• “drago”, 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

Anagrams

• droga, grado, gorda