nesga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nesga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnez.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnez.ɡɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈneʒ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnez.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈneʒ.ɡɐ/ [ˈneʒ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: nes‧ga

Noun

nesga f (plural nesgas)

1. (fabric) gore (triangular patch of fabric)
2. a narrow and long space

Derived terms

• por uma nesga

Spanish

Etymology

From a variant *násqa in Andalusian Arabic of Arabic نَسَق (nasaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnesɡa/ [ˈnez.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -esɡa
• Syllabification: nes‧ga

Noun

nesga f (plural nesgas)

1. (fabric) gore

Further reading

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