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
Further reading
- “zagala”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “zagala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θaˈɡala/ [θaˈɣ̞a.la] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /saˈɡala/ [saˈɣ̞a.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: za‧ga‧la
Noun
zagala f (plural zagalas, masculine zagal, masculine plural zagales)
Further reading
- “zagal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025