fragata

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata (“frigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈɣa.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾaˈɣa.ta]

Noun

fragata f (plural fragates)

1. frigate

Further reading

• “fragata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈɡa.tɐ/ [fɾɐˈɣa.tɐ]

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: fra‧ga‧ta

Noun

fragata f (plural fragatas)

1. frigate ship

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡata/ [fɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fra‧ga‧ta

Noun

fragata f (plural fragatas)

1. frigate
2. frigatebird

Derived terms

• fragata de guerra
• fragata portuguesa

Further reading

• “fragata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10