zaragata

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1843. Borrowed from Spanish zaragata. Doublet of cirigaita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θaɾaˈɣatɐ], (western) [saɾaˈħatɐ]

Noun

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

1. quarrel, fight

   Synonyms: liorta, loita

2. uproar

   Synonym: barullo

   • 1843, anonymous author, Cambados, 1836:

     Tantas palabras
     è tantas voce’ s’oían
     no dèmo d’a zaragata
     q’un inferno parecia
     cheo de diabros è diabras
     por q’as mullères n’a lòita
     d’os pelos tamen andaban.

     So many words
     and so many voices were heard
     in this damn uproar
     that it seemed a hell
     plenty with demons and demonesses
     'cause women at the fight
     were pulling each other's hair

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zaragata”, 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), “zaragata”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zaragata”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaragata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /za.ɾaˈɡa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /za.ɾaˈɡa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /za.ɾaˈɡa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐ.ɾɐˈɡa.tɐ/ [zɐ.ɾɐˈɣa.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: za‧ra‧ga‧ta

Noun

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

1. quarrel; fight

   Synonym: pancadaria

   • 2015, Teresa Southwick, Entre a espada e a parede, Harlequin Iberica, →ISBN:

     Deu início ou não a uma zaragata no Lone Star Bar, ontem à noite? – Depende do que quer dizer com «zaragata». – Foi você que deu o primeiro murro? Sam sorriu. – Presumo que sim, doutor juiz. –Tem alguma coisa a dizer em sua defesa ...

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2. disorder

   Synonyms: barulho, desordem

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French eschirgaite or eschargaite, from Frankish *skarawahta, from *skara (“troop”) (from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“portion, share”)) + *wahta (“watch, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈɡata/ [θa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾaˈɡata/ [sa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: za‧ra‧ga‧ta

Noun

zaragata f (plural zaragatas)

1. (colloquial) quarrel; fight

   Synonym: tumulto

2. (colloquial) disorder; confusion

Descendants

• → Catalan: saragata
• → Portuguese: zaragata
• → Tagalog: saragate

Further reading

• “zaragata”, 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