celga

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة (as-silqa).

Noun

celga f (plural celgas)

1. chard

   Synonyms: encelga, bleda, lampaza

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.ɡɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.ɡɐ/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.ɡa/ [ˈsɛʊ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.ɡɐ/ [ˈsɛɫ.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlɡɐ, (Brazil) -ɛwɡɐ
• Hyphenation: cel‧ga

Noun

celga f (plural celgas)

1. alternative form of acelga (“chard”)

Further reading

• “celga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “celga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025