jerga
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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Borrowed from Old Occitan gergon, from Old French jargon (“the chattering of birds”). Ultimately of echoic origin. Compare Latin garriō (“to chatter”); English gargle, garrulous; Spanish garganta, gárgara, gargajo, jerigonza.
Noun
[edit]jerga f (plural jergas)
Etymology 2
[edit]Probably from Latin sērica. Compare Portuguese xerga, French serge, Romanian sarică. Possibly a doublet of sarga.
Noun
[edit]jerga f (plural jergas)
Further reading
[edit]- “jerga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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