nádega

Galician

Alternative forms

• nádiga

Etymology

Attested since circa 1350. From Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”). Cognate with Portuguese nádega and Spanish nalga.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnadeɡa/ [ˈna.ð̞e.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈnadeɡa/ [ˈna.ð̞e.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈnadeħa/ [ˈna.ð̞e.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -adeɡa

• Rhymes: -adeɡa
• Rhymes: -adeħa

• Hyphenation: ná‧de‧ga

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 92:

     Et ãbos aviã os cabelos bõos et longos et que lles dauã [per] las nadegas.

     Both of them had long good hair, long to the buttocks

   Synonym: cacha

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nadega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nadega”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nádega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nádega”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nádega”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.de.ɡɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.dɨ.ɡɐ/ [ˈna.ðɨ.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -adeɡɐ, (Portugal) -adɨɡɐ

Noun

nádega f (plural nádegas)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock

   Synonym: (informal) nalga

Derived terms

• nadegada
• nadegal
• nadegudo
• nadegueiro

Further reading

• “nádega”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “nádega”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025