plaga
Portuguese, noun/ˈpla.ɡɐ/
plaga is spelled P-L-A-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “region, country” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “região; trato de terreno”.
What does plaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineregion, country
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. região; trato de terreno
noun: 1. designação antiga de certo tom musical (Cf. Du-Cange, vb. plaga)
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 plaga
- plagas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plaga?
- Brazil /ˈpla.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpla.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈpla.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is plaga in Portuguese?
plaga appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).