fragata

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata (“frigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈɣa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾaˈɣa.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

fragata f (plural fragates)

1. frigate

Further reading

• “fragata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡata/ [fɾɑˈɣ̞ɑ.t̪ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /fɾaˈɡata/ [fɾɑˈɣ̞ɑ.t̪ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /fɾaˈħata/ [fɾɑˈħɑ.t̪ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ata

Noun

fragata f (plural fragatas)

1. frigate ship
2. frigatebird
3. hollow, gully

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fragata”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fragata”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fragata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fragata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡa.tɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈɡa.tɐ/ [fɾɐˈɣa.tɐ]

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: fra‧ga‧ta

Noun

fragata f (plural fragatas)

1. frigate ship

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡata/ [fɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fra‧ga‧ta

Noun

fragata f (plural fragatas)

1. frigate
2. frigatebird

Derived terms

• fragata de guerra
• fragata portuguesa

Further reading

• “fragata”, 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