praga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "praga"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Learned borrowing from Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Doublet of chaga.

praga f (plural pragas)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praga (“sore, curse”), borrowed from Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Compare the inherited chaga.

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

praga f (plural pragas)

curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)
Estou cheio de azar, alguém deve ter-me rogado uma praga. ― I've been very unlucky, someone must have put a curse on me.
plague (a widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)
Synonyms: calamidade, desgraça
(uncountable) plague (a disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis)
Synonyms: peste, peste negra, peste bubónica
(pathology) plague (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease)
Synonyms: epidemia, pandemia, peste, pestilência, aflição, moléstia
curse, swearword (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
Synonyms: obscenidade, palavrão
(figuratively) someone or something which is a nuisance
(figuratively) (politics) an election campaign sticker

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