praga

See also: Praga, pragà, Prága, Prāga, Prāgā, and Pragą

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Doublet of chaga.

Noun

praga f (plural pragas)

1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

   Synonym: chaga

2. curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)

Descendants

• Portuguese: praga

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "praga"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praga (“sore, curse”), borrowed from Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Compare the inherited chaga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.ɡa/

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

• Homophone: Praga
• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: pra‧ga

Noun

praga f (plural pragas)

1. curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)

   Estou cheio de azar, alguém deve ter-me rogado uma praga. ― I've been very unlucky, someone must have put a curse on me.

2. plague (a widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)

   Synonyms: calamidade, desgraça

3. (uncountable) plague (a disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis)

   Synonyms: peste, peste negra, peste bubónica

4. (pathology) plague (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease)

   Synonyms: epidemia, pandemia, peste, pestilência, aflição, moléstia

5. curse, swearword

   Synonyms: obscenidade, palavrão

6. (figuratively) someone or something which is a nuisance

Derived terms

• praguejar
• praguento

 

Related terms

• praguedo
• pragueiro
• praguejado
• praguejador
• praguejamento
• praguentar

 

Further reading

• “praga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.