chaga

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
2. (feminine) open wound

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of chagar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of chagar:

chagar

to wound

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃaɣa̝/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: plāga

Cognate with Portuguese: chaga

Cognate with Spanish: llaga

In summary

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore, wound”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō, from Proto-Indo-European *plak-. Cognate with Portuguese chaga and Spanish llaga.