chaga

Meaning

Noun

sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Verb

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

chagar

1. (transitive) to ulcerate
2. (transitive) to wound, to injure

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Concepts

sore

wound

ulcer

injury

lesion

Synonyms

ferida

lesão

úlcera

ferimento

praga

Translations

plaie

herida

blessure

llaga

piaga

Wunde

ferida

ferita

wond

ulcera

llaga

plaga

Verwundung

Ulkus

Verletzung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃa.ɡɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: plāga

Cognate with Galician: chaga

Cognate with Spanish: llaga

Cognate with French: plaie

Cognate with Italian: piaga

Cognate with Romanian: plagă

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-.
Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of praga.