ágora
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
ágora f (plural ágoras)
- (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (public square in ancient Greek cities, generally quadrangular in shape, which was used mainly as a meeting place and market)
- (Ancient Greece, historical) agora (popular assembly, in ancient Greece)
Usage notes
Not to be confused with agora.
Further reading
- “ágora”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “ágora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly, place of assembly, market”), from ἀγείρω (ageírō, “to gather”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ágora f (plural ágoras)
Usage notes
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el ágora, un ágora
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Further reading
- “ágora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28