praga

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See also: Praga, pragà, Prága, Prāga, Prāgā, pragą, and Pragą

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Doublet of chaga.

Noun

praga f (plural pragas)

  1. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
    Synonym: chaga
  2. curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)

Descendants

  • Portuguese: praga

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praga (“sore, curse”), borrowed from Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Compare the inherited chaga.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

praga f (plural pragas)

  1. curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)
    Estou cheio de azar, alguém deve ter-me rogado uma praga. ― I've been very unlucky, someone must have put a curse on me.
  2. plague (a widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)
    Synonyms: calamidade, desgraça
  3. (uncountable) plague (a disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis)
    Synonyms: peste, peste negra, peste bubónica
  4. (pathology) plague (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease)
    Synonyms: epidemia, pandemia, peste, pestilência, aflição, moléstia
  5. curse, swearword (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: obscenidade, palavrão
  6. (figuratively) someone or something which is a nuisance

Derived terms

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