zaragata

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since 1843. Borrowed from Spanish zaragata. Doublet of cirigaita.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [θaɾaˈɣatɐ], (western) [saɾaˈħatɐ]

Noun[edit]

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

  1. quarrel, fight
    Synonyms: liorta, loita
  2. uproar
    Synonym: barullo
    • 1843, anonymous author, Cambados, 1836:
      Tantas palabras
      è tantas voce’ s’oían
      no dèmo d’a zaragata
      q’un inferno parecia
      cheo de diabros è diabras
      por q’as mullères n’a lòita
      d’os pelos tamen andaban.
      So many words
      and so many voices were heard
      in this damn uproar
      that it seemed a hell
      plenty with demons and demonesses
      'cause women at the fight
      were pulling each other's hair

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish zaragata.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: za‧ra‧ga‧ta

Noun[edit]

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

  1. quarrel; fight
    Synonym: pancadaria
    • 2015, Teresa Southwick, Entre a espada e a parede, Harlequin Iberica, →ISBN:
      Deu início ou não a uma zaragata no Lone Star Bar, ontem à noite? – Depende do que quer dizer com «zaragata». – Foi você que deu o primeiro murro? Sam sorriu. – Presumo que sim, doutor juiz. –Tem alguma coisa a dizer em sua defesa ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. disorder
    Synonyms: barulho, desordem

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French eschirgaite or eschargaite, from Frankish *skarawahta, from *skara (troop) (from Proto-Germanic *skarō (portion, share)) + *wahta (watch, guard).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈɡata/ [θa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /saɾaˈɡata/ [sa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: za‧ra‧ga‧ta

Noun[edit]

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

  1. (colloquial) quarrel; fight
    Synonym: tumulto
  2. (colloquial) disorder; confusion

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: saragata
  • Portuguese: zaragata
  • Tagalog: saragate

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zalagarda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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