lago

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧go

Adjective

lago

1. having an untidy appearance

Anagrams

• agol, laog

Etymology

From Italian lago. Doublet of laguno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: la‧go

Noun

lago (accusative singular lagon, plural lagoj, accusative plural lagojn)

1. lake

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *laŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw.

Noun

lago

1. fly

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lago, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧go

Noun

lago m (plural lagos)

1. lake, pool, pond
2. water reservoir

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lago”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto lago, English lake, French lac, Italian lago, Spanish lago, from Latin lacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡo/

Noun

lago (plural lagi)

1. lake

Alternative forms

• laco (medieval or poetic)

Etymology

From Old Italian laco, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: là‧go

Noun

lago m (plural laghi)

1. lake

   Synonym: bacino

Further reading

• lago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• algo-, goal, gola

Etymology

Cognate of Spanish lazo from Vulgar Latin *laceum, ultimately from Latin laqueus (“snare”).

Noun

lago m (Hebrew spelling לאגו, plural lagos)

1. lasso

Etymology

From lagu, compare Indonesian lagu.

Noun

lago

1. voice

Noun

lago m

1. lake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ɡo/, [ˈlɑ.ɣo]

Noun

lago m

1. Alternative form of lagu

Etymology

From Portuguese lago and Spanish lago and Kabuverdianu lagu.

Noun

lago

1. lake

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lago, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: la‧go

Noun

lago m (plural lagos)

1. lake

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋo.

Noun

lago

1. fly (insect)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lago, from Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡo/ [ˈla.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: la‧go

Noun

lago m (plural lagos)

1. lake

Further reading

• “lago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• galo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *lagúq (“to flourish, of plants”). Possibly related to Sanskrit लघु (laghú, “well; in good health; healthy”). Compare Pangasinan lago (“healthy; robust individual”) and Kapampangan lagu (“beauty; tenderness of plants”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish lago.

Further reading

• “lago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• laog, alog