zaga

See also: zāga, zāgā, žaga, zāģa, and żaga

Latvian

Verb

zaga

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of zagt

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡa/

Noun

zaga f

1. (Kuyavia) Alternative form of żaga

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “zaga”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 633
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “zaga”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 21

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zaga,^[1][2] from Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈza.ɡɐ/ [ˈza.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: za‧ga

Noun

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. (military, archaic) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

   Synonym: retaguarda

2. (Brazil, sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)

Related terms

• zagueiro

References

1. “zaga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
2. “zaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝 (zaga) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

zaga (Hanifi spelling 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝)

1. land

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: za‧ga

Noun

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. rear (back part of someone or something)
2. (sports) defense, rearguard

Derived terms

• a la zaga, a zaga, en zaga (“in the rear; behind”)
• ir a la zaga (“to lag behind; to trail”)
• zaguero

Further reading

• “zaga”, 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