adarga

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa, “shield”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdaʁ.ɡɐ/ [aˈdaɦ.ɡɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈdaɾ.ɡɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈdaʁ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdaɻ.ɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdaɾ.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈðaɾ.ɣɐ]

Hyphenation: a‧dar‧ga

Noun

adarga f (plural adargas)

a type of oval or heart-shaped leather shield
Hypernym: escudo m

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa, “shield”), via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈdaɾɡa/ [aˈð̞aɾ.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -aɾɡa
Syllabification: a‧dar‧ga

Noun

adarga f (plural adargas)

leather shield
Hypernym: escudo m

Further reading

“adarga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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