ostaga

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • austaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ostaga, from Old French utage, from Old Norse uptaug, from upp (“up”) + taug (“string”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /osˈta.ɡɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʃˈta.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /osˈta.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔʃˈta.ɡɐ/ [ɔʃˈta.ɣɐ]

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: os‧ta‧ga

Noun

ostaga f (plural ostagas)

  1. (nautical) halyard

References

  1. ^ “ostaga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “ostaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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