verdugo

See also: Verdugo

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish verdugo (“exeuctioner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈduɡo/, [beɾˈd̪u.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: ver‧du‧go

Noun

verdugo

1. executioner; hangman

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈduɡo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /beɾˈduɡo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /beɾˈduħo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡo

• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Rhymes: -uħo

• Hyphenation: ver‧dugo

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos, feminine verduga, feminine plural verdugas)

1. executioner, hangman

   Synonym: buxeu

Further reading

• “verdugo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “verdugo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡu/ [veɦˈdu.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡu/ [veɦˈdu.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈdu.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /veɻˈdu.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡo/ [veɦˈdu.ɡo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈdu.ɡu/ [vɨɾˈðu.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈdu.ɡu/ [vɨɾˈðu.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈdu.ɡu/ [bɨɾˈðu.ɣu]

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos)

1. executioner

Further reading

• “verdugo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “verdugo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “verdugo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *virdūcus, from *virde, from Latin viridis (“green”), with the meaning of "a green stick used to beat someone".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈduɡo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Rosario, Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Syllabification: ver‧du‧go

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos, feminine verduga, feminine plural verdugas)

1. executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)

   Synonym: oficial

   • 2021 August 26, Eva Saiz, quoting Juan Manuel Guijo, “Los desenterradores de la memoria en la fosa de Pico Reja”, in El País‎^[1]:

     “La verdad de los verdugos no se reproduce en los archivos. Es la tierra la que habla”, afirma Guijo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. tyrant

   Synonym: tirano

3. (bullfighting) puntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)

Derived terms

• verdugón

Further reading

• “verdugo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• vergudo