zaragata
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [θaɾaˈɣatɐ], (western) [saɾaˈħatɐ]
Noun
zaragata f (plural zaragatas)
- quarrel, fight
- 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
- So many words
References
- “zaragata” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “zaragata” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “zaragata” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- 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 ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- disorder
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French eschirgaite or eschargaite, from Frankish *skarawahta, from *skara (“troop”) (from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“portion, share”)) + *wahta (“watch, guard”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈɡata/ [θa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /saɾaˈɡata/ [sa.ɾaˈɣ̞a.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: za‧ra‧ga‧ta
Noun
zaragata f (plural zaragatas)
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zalagarda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “zaragata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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