virgindade

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese virgĩidade, from Latin virginitātem (“virginity”), from virgō (“virgin”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/ [viɦ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/ [viɦ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /viɻ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/ [viɾ.ʒĩˈda.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/ [viɾ.ʒĩˈda.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/ [biɾ.ʒĩˈda.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌviɦ.ʒĩ.ˈda.dɪ/

Noun

virgindade f (uncountable)

1. virginity (state of being a virgin)

Related terms

• desvirginizar
• virgem
• virginal
• virginizar

Further reading

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