zagala

Portuguese

Etymology

From zagal (“shepherd”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaˈɡa.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaˈɡa.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaˈɡa.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐˈɡa.lɐ/ [zɐˈɣa.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: za‧ga‧la

Noun

zagala f (plural zagalas)

1. female equivalent of zagal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaˈɡala/ [θaˈɣ̞a.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saˈɡala/ [saˈɣ̞a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: za‧ga‧la

Noun

zagala f (plural zagalas, masculine zagal, masculine plural zagales)

1. female equivalent of zagal
2. (informal) chick, sheila, gal

Further reading

• “zagal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28