zaragatona

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْقَطُونَا (zarqaṭūnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾaɡaˈtona/ [θa.ɾa.ɣ̞aˈt̪o.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾaɡaˈtona/ [sa.ɾa.ɣ̞aˈt̪o.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: za‧ra‧ga‧to‧na

Noun

zaragatona f (plural zaragatonas)

1. fleawort, branched plantain (Plantago afra syn. Plantago psyllium)

Descendants

• → Catalan: saragatona
• → Portuguese: zaragatoa

Further reading

• “zaragatona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10