verga

See also: Verga, vergā, and vergă

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

verga

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of vergaan
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of vergaan
3. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vergaan

Anagrams

• grave, vrage

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin virga (“twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾɣa̝/, /ˈbɛɾɣa̝/

Noun

verga f (plural vergas)

1. twig; rod, cane

   Synonyms: fustriga, vergasta, xostra

2. twisted twig (usually wicker or other flexible wood) used for binding

   Synonyms: corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo, viorto

3. pizzle; animal penis
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

     por o que as uezes lle faz huun pouco jnchar os Colloos et a verga et faz lle a mehude feryr os jllaaes

     because sometimes it causes the horse's testicles and penis to slightly swell, and frequently injuries his belly

   Synonyms: vergallo, vergallón

4. (vulgar) human penis

   Synonym: carallo

5. (nautical) yard, yardarm
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22:

     a dita vosa pinaça ben estanqua de agoa de costado e ben aparellada de boo masto et verga et treu et de ancoras et de caabres et de todos los outros aparellos que lle fezeren mester

     the aforementioned pinnace of yours, watertight on the sides and well prepared with a good mast and yard and sails and anchors and cables and all of the rigging she could need

References

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin virga (“twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.ɡa/
• Homophone: Verga
• Rhymes: -erɡa
• Hyphenation: vér‧ga

Noun

verga f (plural verghe)

1. cane, rod

   Synonyms: asta, bacchetta, bastone

2. crook (of a shepherd)

   Synonym: vincastro

3. (vulgar) penis, dick

   Synonyms: cazzo, minchia, pisello, uccello

Derived terms

• Verga
• vergaio
• vergare
• vergata
• vergheggiare

 

Verb

verga

1. inflection of vergare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• grave

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Latvian

Noun

verga

1. genitive singular of vergs

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Portuguese

verga (3)

Etymology

From Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Spanish verga, French vergue, verge.

Noun

verga f (plural vergas)

1. stick, twig

   Synonym: vara

2. wicker

   cesto de verga ― wicker basket

   Synonym: vime

3. (nautical) yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)
4. (architecture) lintel (horizontal structural beam spanning an opening)
5. (vulgar) penis, dick

Derived terms

• vergar

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Spanish

vergas (2)

Etymology

From Old Spanish verga, berga, inherited from Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Portuguese verga. Doublet of verja (“fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾɡa/ [ˈbeɾ.ɣ̞a]

Noun

verga f (plural vergas)

1. pole, rod (long and thin stick)

   Synonym: vara

2. (nautical) yardarm; yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)

   Coordinate term: mástil

   Hypernym: percha

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Ya no se movió más sino con movimientos pequeños; y en su convulsión postrera, temblaban las rotas jarcias; y el mastelero de trinquete con la doble cruz formada por las vergas se doblaba como un báculo roto.

     He no longer moved except with small movements; and in his last convulsion the broken rigging trembled; and the ratchet mast with the double cross formed by the yards bent like a broken staff.

3. (weaponry) steel bow (of a crossbow)
4. (vulgar, Latin America) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

   El hombre fue detenido por exponer la verga en el autobús.

   The man was detained for exposing his cock on the bus.

5. (vulgar) a thing of bad or undesirable quality

   ¡Qué verga!

   What a bad thing!

Derived terms

• a la verga
• envergadura
• hija de la verga
• hijo de la verga
• irse a la verga
• vergajazo
• vergajo
• vergón
• vete a la verga

 

Related terms

• verja (through French)

Interjection

verga

1. (Mexico, vulgar) damn!, shit!

Further reading

• “verga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Verga (disambiguation) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Anagrams

• grave