noun, feminine/ˈʝaɡa/plural: llagas
wound; sore; ulcer
Synonyms: herida, lesión, cocedura, úlcera
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂géh₂ Proto-Italic *plāgā Latin plāga Old Spanish llaga Spanish llaga Inherited from Old Spanish llaga, from Latin plāga (“hit, strike”). Cognate with Asturian llaga, Catalan plaga, French plaie, Galician and Portuguese chaga, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă, and more distantly with Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “wound”). Doublet of plaga (“plague”).