lagoa

See also: Lagoa and lagôa

Galician

Lagoa das Xarfas, Muros, Galicia

Alternative forms

• lagúa, legúa

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from Latin lacus (“lake”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡoa/ [lɑˈɣ̞o.ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laˈɡoa/ [lɑˈɣ̞o.ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laˈħoa/ [lɑˈħo.ɐ]

• Rhymes: -oa

Noun

lagoa f (plural lagoas)

1. lake, pool, pond
2. lagoon

Derived terms

• Lagoa
• Lagoela
• Lagoíña
• Lagúa
• Lagúas

References

• “lagoa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lagoa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lagoa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagoa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagoa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagoa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “lagoa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alagoa
• lagôa (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from lacus (“lake; basin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Doublet of lacuna and laguna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo(w).ɐ/ [laˈɡo(ʊ̯).ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo(w).ɐ/ [laˈɡo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo(w).a/ [laˈɡo(ʊ̯).a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo.ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo.ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡo(w).ɐ/ [lɐˈɣo(w).ɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -oɐ, -owɐ
• Homophone: Lagoa
• Hyphenation: la‧go‧a

Noun

lagoa f (plural lagoas)

1. a small lake

Derived terms

• Alagoas
• Lagoa
• lagoacho (diminutive)
• lagoazinha (diminutive)
• lagoazona (augmentative)
• lagoinha (diminutive)

Related terms

• lacuna
• lago
• laguna

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Lagoh

Further reading

• “lagoa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “lagoa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “lagoa”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “lagoa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “lagoa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025