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adarga

Spanish, noun/aˈdaɾɡa/

adarga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “leather shield” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does adarga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineleather shield

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Escudo de cuero, con forma ovalada o de corazón, inventado por los antiguos bereberes.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of adarga

  • adargas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce adarga?

  • /aˈdaɾɡa/
  • [aˈð̞aɾ.ɣ̞a]
  • [aˈð̞aɾɣ̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is adarga in Spanish?

adarga appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).