zaga

zaga

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of zagt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of zagt

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: za‧ga

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. (military, archaic) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

   Synonym: retaguarda

2. (Brazil, sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)

• zagueiro

• 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝‎ (zaga) – Hanifi Rohingya script

zaga (Hanifi spelling 𐴎𐴝𐴒𐴝)

1. land

From Andalusian Arabic صَقَا‎ (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا‎ (ṣaqā, “rear”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɡa/ [ˈθa.ɣ̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: za‧ga

zaga f (plural zagas)

1. rear (back part of someone or something)
2. (sports) defense, rearguard

• a la zaga, en zaga (“in the rear; behind”)
• ir a la zaga (“to lag behind; to trail”)
• zaguero

• “zaga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014