ragga

See also: Ragga and raggá

English

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Anagrams

• Gagra

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɡ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡɡa
• Hyphenation: ràg‧ga

Noun

ragga m (countable and uncountable, plural ragghi)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

References

• Template:R:DIO

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Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret
3. (ragga till) to bristle
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

Conjugation of ragga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ragga		raggas
Supine	raggat		raggats
Imperative	ragga		—
Imper. plural1	raggen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	raggar	raggade	raggas	raggades
Ind. plural1	ragga	raggade	raggas	raggades
Subjunctive2	ragge	raggade	ragges	raggades
	Participles
Present participle	raggande
Past participle	raggad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.