different between reggae vs ragga

English

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 song "Do the Reggay".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????e?/
• Rhymes: -??e?

Noun

reggae (uncountable)

1. (Rastafari, music) A form of music originating in Jamaica and associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• raggee

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?e?/, [?re??e??]

Noun

reggae

1. reggae

Declension

French

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag.

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

1. (music) reggae

Polish

Etymology

From English reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.??/

Noun

reggae n (indeclinable)

1. reggae

Further reading

• reggae in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• reggae in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.?i/
  • Homophone: regue

Noun

reggae m (uncountable)

1. (music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)

Derived terms

• regueiro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?e/, [?re.??e]

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

1. reggae

English

Noun

ragga (uncountable)

1. (music) a subgenre of reggae that incorporates hip hop, rhythm and blues and sampling; dancehall

See also

• raga

Anagrams

• Gagra

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?.?a/
• Rhymes: -a??a
• Hyphenation: ràg?ga

Noun

ragga m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of raggamuffin (“ragga”).

References

• ragga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Swedish

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Verb

ragga (present raggar, preterite raggade, supine raggat, imperative ragga)

1. (dialect, Småland: gå å ragga) to go around untidy, uncombed, hair hanging down
2. (reflexive, dialect, Hälsingland: ragga sej) to regret
3. (ragga till) to bristle
4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars)
5. to search, look for, recruit (sponsors, supporters, new members)
   • 2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2

     BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen

     Blekinge Institute of Technology recruits students in Latvia and Lithuania

Conjugation

References