nesga
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnez.ɡɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈneʒ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnez.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈneʒ.ɡɐ/ [ˈneʒ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: nes‧ga
Noun
nesga f (plural nesgas)
- (fabric) gore (triangular patch of fabric)
- a narrow and long space
- a small, narrow opening
- Synonym: fresta
Derived terms
- por uma nesga
Further reading
- “nesga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “nesga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “nesga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “nesga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From a variant *násqa in Andalusian Arabic of Arabic نَسَق (nasaq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnesɡa/ [ˈnez.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -esɡa
- Syllabification: nes‧ga
Noun
nesga f (plural nesgas)
- (fabric) gore
Further reading
- “nesga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024