lagoa

See also: Lagoa and lagôa

Galician
Lagoa das Xarfas, Muros, Galicia

Alternative forms
  • lagúa, legúa

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from Latin lacus (“lake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [laˈɣʊɐ]

Noun

lagoa m (plural lagoas)

  1. lake, pool, pond
  2. lagoon

Derived terms
  • Lagoa
  • Lagoela
  • Lagoíña
  • Lagúa
  • Lagúas

References
  • “lagoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “lagoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “lagoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lagoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lagoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”),[1][2] from lacus (“lake; basin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Doublet of lacuna and laguna.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡo.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈɡo.a/
 

  • Rhymes: -oɐ
  • Homophone: Lagoa
  • Hyphenation: la‧go‧a
  • Audio (Portugal)(file)

Noun

lagoa f (plural lagoas)

  1. a small lake

Derived terms
  • Alagoas
  • lagoinha (diminutive), lagoacho (diminutive), lagoazinha (diminutive)
  • lagoão (augmentative)
  • Lagoa

Descendants
  • Hunsrik: Lagoh

References
  1. “lagoa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “lagoa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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