zaga

See also: zāga, zāgā, žaga, and zāģa

Latvian

Verb

zaga

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of zagt

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaga, from Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: za‧ga

Noun

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. (military, archaic) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

   Synonym: retaguarda

2. (Brazil, sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)

Related terms

• zagueiro

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝 (zaga) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

zaga (Hanifi spelling 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝)

1. land

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: za‧ga

Noun

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. rear (back part of someone or something)
2. (sports) defense, rearguard

Derived terms

• a la zaga, a zaga, en zaga (“in the rear; behind”)
• ir a la zaga (“to lag behind; to trail”)
• zaguero

 

Further reading

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