celga

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic السِّلْقَة (as-silqa).

Noun

celga f (plural celgas)

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]
- (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)

alternative form of acelga (“chard”)