sirga
Spanish, noun
sirga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “towrope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sirgar. With an accent, sirgá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of sirgar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cabo empleado para tirar de las embarcaciones desde tierra, especialmente en la navegación fluvial”.
What does sirga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetowrope
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of sirgar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cabo empleado para tirar de las embarcaciones desde tierra, especialmente en la navegación fluvial. 2. Por extensión, navegación por tiro de sirga₁. 3. Camino a la vera del río para la sirga₂. 4. Por analogía, cuerda que se deja fija en un paso difícil para ayudar en la escalada.
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 sirga
- sirgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is sirga in Spanish?
sirga appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).