zagua

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡwa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞wa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɡwa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: za‧gua

Noun

zagua f (plural zaguas)

1. Salsola oppositifolia

Further reading

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