zagala

Portuguese

Etymology

From zagal (“shepherd”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaˈɡa.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaˈɡa.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐˈɡa.lɐ/ [zɐˈɣa.lɐ]

Hyphenation: za‧ga‧la

Noun

zagala f (plural zagalas)

female equivalent of zagal

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaˈɡala/ [θaˈɣ̞a.la]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saˈɡala/ [saˈɣ̞a.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: za‧ga‧la

Noun

zagala f (plural zagalas, masculine zagal, masculine plural zagales)

female equivalent of zagal
(informal) chick, sheila, gal

Further reading

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

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