# laguna
## Basque
### Noun

laguna
* absolutive singular of lagun

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡuna/ [l̪ɐˈɡu.n̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

laguna (Badlit spelling ᜎᜄᜓᜈ)
* meadow, pasture, grassland
    Synonyms: tawid, pastohan, balilihan
    Ilawig ang kabaw sa laguna.Pasture the carabao in the meadow.

#### Derived terms

* lagunahon

## Czech
### Noun

laguna f
* lagoon

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

From earlier *lacuna, from Latin lacūna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡu.na/
* Rhymes: -una
* Hyphenation: la‧gù‧na

### Noun

laguna f (plural lagune)
* lagoon

#### Related terms

* lago

#### Descendants

* → French: lagune
** → Danish: lagune
** → Dutch: lagune
** → English: lagoon
* → Portuguese: laguna
* → Romanian: lagună

### Anagrams

* langua, lugana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /laˈɡuː.na/, [ɫ̪äˈɡuːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /laˈɡu.na/, [läˈɡuːnä]

### Noun

lagūna f (genitive lagūnae); first declension
* Alternative form of lagoena

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “lagōna” on page 1098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
* “laguna” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* lagunen

### Noun

laguna m or f
* definite feminine singular of lagune

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡu.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: la‧gu‧na
* Homophone: Laguna

### Noun

laguna f
* lagoon

#### Derived terms

* lagunowy

### Further reading

* laguna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* laguna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan laguna, Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna. Cf. also Spanish laguna. Doublet of lagoa, which was inherited from Latin, and of lacuna, which was borrowed.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡũ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡũ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈɡu.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈɡu.nɐ/ [lɐˈɣu.nɐ]
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
* Homophone: Laguna
* Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

### Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)
* lagoon (shallow body of water separated from the sea by a bar)
    Synonym: albufeira

#### Related terms

* lago
* lagoa
* lacuna

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [laˈɡuna]

### Noun

laguna f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of lagună

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɡǔːna/
* Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

### Noun

lagúna f (Cyrillic spelling лагу́на)
* lagoon

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lacūna. Cognate with English lagoon and lacuna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɡuna/ [laˈɣ̞u.na]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: la‧gu‧na

### Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)
* lagoon
* lake, pond, pool (smaller than lago but bigger than charca)
* lacuna, gap, hole, void
* shortcoming, deficiency
* omission
* (law) loophole

#### Derived terms

* aroma de laguna
* junco de laguna

#### Related terms

* lago

### Further reading

* “laguna”, 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