adaga
Portuguese, noun/aˈda.ɡɐ/
adaga is spelled A-D-A-G-A (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dagger (a stabbing weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espada, curta e larga, usada por povos bárbaros, especialmente na Idade Média”.
What does adaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedagger (a stabbing weapon)
- 2
femininedagger (the character †)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espada, curta e larga, usada por povos bárbaros, especialmente na Idade Média 2. arma branca pontiaguda, de um ou dois gumes (ger. junto à ponta), mais larga e maior que o punhal 3. o mesmo que cruz ('sinal')
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adaga
- adagas plural
- daga alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adaga?
- Brazil /aˈda.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈda.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈða.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adaga in Portuguese?
adaga appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).