lagar

See also: làgar and lágar

Galician

An old lagar, Toén

Etymology

Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese lagar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus (“lake; vat”). Compare Portuguese lagar and Spanish lagar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laˈɡaɾ/ [lɑˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laˈħaɾ/ [lɑˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which grapes or apples are pressed for the production of wine or cider
2. building or construction which contains this vat
   • 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 387:

     vendemus et outorgamus uno tallo de herdade, o qual esta marcado per marcos ontre a casa de Pedro Perez et o lagar que esta ante o celeyro de Fernan Ares

     We sell and give a patch of land which is delimited by boundary stones in between the house of Pedro Pérez and the wine press before the granary of Fernán Ares

Derived terms

• Lagar
• Lagares
• lagareta

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lagar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “lagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gwich'in

Noun

lagar

1. playing card
2. card game

Irish

Etymology

Derived from lag (“weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠaɡəɾˠ/

Noun

lagar m (genitive singular lagair, nominative plural lagracha)

1. (uncountable) weakness, faintness

   Synonym: laige

2. (countable) fainting spell, swoon

   Thit siad i lagar.

   They fell into a swoon.

Declension

Declension of lagar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lagar llagracha vocative a lagair a llagracha genitive lagair llagracha dative lagar llagracha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lagar na llagracha genitive an lagair na llagracha dative leis an lagar don lagar leis na llagracha

Derived terms

• dúlagar (“depression”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lagar

1. present of laga

Old Norse

Noun

lagar

1. genitive singular of lǫgr

Portuguese

FWOTD – 4 August 2013

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from lago or from Vulgar Latin *lacālis, from Latin lacus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaʁ/ [laˈɡaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. vat in which olives and grapes are pressed
   • 2001, Bíblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional, Biblica, Hosea 9:2:

     Os produtos da eira e do lagar não alimentarão o povo; o vinho novo lhes faltará.

     The products from the threshing floor and from the pressing vat won’t feed the people; they will lack the new wine.

Derived terms

• lagariço (diminutive)

See also

• prensa

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English lagbor.

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ar

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese lagar

From English lag + Portuguese -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡa(ʁ)/ [laˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡa(ʁ)/ [laˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈɡa(ʁ)/ [laˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /laˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡaɾ/ [lɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧gar

Verb

lagar (first-person singular present lago, first-person singular preterite laguei, past participle lagado)

1. (intransitive, video games) to lag (to experience latency or a poor internet connection)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lagar
Personal	lagar	lagares	lagar	lagarmos	lagardes	lagarem
Gerund
	lagando
Past participle
Masculine	lagado			lagados
Feminine	lagada			lagadas
Indicative
Present	lago	lagas	laga	lagamos	lagais	lagam
Imperfect	lagava	lagavas	lagava	lagávamos	lagáveis	lagavam
Preterite	laguei	lagaste	lagou	lagamos1, lagámos2	lagastes	lagaram
Pluperfect	lagara	lagaras	lagara	lagáramos	lagáreis	lagaram
Future	lagarei	lagarás	lagará	lagaremos	lagareis	lagarão
Conditional	lagaria	lagarias	lagaria	lagaríamos	lagaríeis	lagariam
Subjunctive
Present	lague	lagues	lague	laguemos	lagueis	laguem
Imperfect	lagasse	lagasses	lagasse	lagássemos	lagásseis	lagassem
Future	lagar	lagares	lagar	lagarmos	lagardes	lagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		laga	lague	laguemos	lagai	laguem
Negative (não)		não lagues	não lague	não laguemos	não lagueis	não laguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “lagar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lagar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “lagar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “lagar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From lago. Compare Portuguese and Galician lagar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡaɾ/ [laˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧gar

Noun

lagar m (plural lagares)

1. a vat in which olives, grapes or apples are pressed

   Synonym: jaraíz

Further reading

• “lagar”, 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

Sumerian

Romanization

lagar

1. romanization of 𒇬 (lagar)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio (Sweden (Stockholm)):

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Noun

lagar

1. indefinite plural of lag

Verb

lagar

1. present indicative of laga

Anagrams

• lagra, ragla