adarga
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa, “shield”), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈdaʁ.ɡɐ/ [aˈdaɦ.ɡɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈdaɾ.ɡɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈdaʁ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈdaɻ.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈdaɾ.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈðaɾ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: a‧dar‧ga
Noun
adarga f (plural adargas)
- a type of oval or heart-shaped leather shield
- Hypernym: escudo m
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa, “shield”), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdaɾɡa/ [aˈð̞aɾ.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -aɾɡa
- Syllabification: a‧dar‧ga
Noun
adarga f (plural adargas)
- leather shield
- Hypernym: escudo m
Further reading
- “adarga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014