zagua
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Though the Andalusian Arabic is unattested, this Castilian form exposes typical Andalusian Spanish developments, avowing itself to be from a variant of Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ) as well as synonymously used Catalan sosa whence sosa and Italian soda whence soda.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡwa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞wa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɡwa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞wa]
- Rhymes: -aɡwa
- Syllabification: za‧gua
Noun edit
zagua f (plural zaguas)
Further reading edit
- “zagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014