zaga
See also: zāga, zāgā, žaga, and zāģa
Latvian
Verb
zaga
- 3rd person singular past indicative form of zagt
- 3rd person plural past indicative form of zagt
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈza.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/ [ˈza.ɣɐ]
- Rhymes: -aɡɐ
- Hyphenation: za‧ga
Noun
zaga f (plural zagas)
- (military, archaic) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
- Synonym: retaguarda
- (Brazil, sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)
Related terms
- zagueiro
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝 (zaga) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Noun
zaga (Hanifi spelling 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝)
- land
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -aɡa
- Syllabification: za‧ga
Noun
zaga f (plural zagas)
- rear (back part of someone or something)
- (sports) defense, rearguard
Derived terms
- a la zaga, en zaga (“in the rear; behind”)
- ir a la zaga (“to lag behind; to trail”)
- zaguero
Further reading
- “zaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014