plaga — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blight noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
- mosquito noun A small biting insect whose females feed on blood and can spread diseases such as malaria.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
Senses
plaga is used for these senses in English:
- blight Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life.
- mosquito A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
- plague (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
blight — full definition
- noun A plant disease, often caused by fungus, that causes rapid browning and death of leaves or stems.
- noun Something that damages or holds back growth, development, or quality of life.
- verb To damage or spoil the growth or development of something.