adarga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa, “shield”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdaʁ.ɡɐ/ [aˈdaɦ.ɡɐ]

• (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)

1. 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)

1. leather shield

   Hypernym: escudo m

Further reading

• “adarga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014