verga

See also: Verga, vergā, and vergă

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin virga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛr.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvər.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈveɾ.ɣa]

Noun

verga f (plural vergues)

1. stick, branch, twig

   Synonyms: vara, sarment

2. (anatomy) penis
3. (nautical) yard, spar
4. (botany) bitter willow

   Synonym: sarga

Derived terms

• envergar
• vergallada
• vergançó
• vergàs
• vergat
• verguejar
• verguer
• verguera
• vergueta

 

Further reading

• “verga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

verga

1. inflection of vergaan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

• grave, vrage

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, editor, 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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verga

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

Anagrams

• grave

Latvian

Noun

verga

1. genitive singular of vergs

Portuguese

verga (3)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈveɦ.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈveɦ.ɡɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.ɡɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈveɻ.ɡa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈveɾ.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈveɾ.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈbeɾ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧ga

Noun

verga f (plural vergas)

1. stick, twig

   Synonym: vara

2. wicker

   Synonym: vime

   cesto de verga ― wicker basket

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Derived terms

• vergar
• vergalho
• vergalhão

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

verga

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

Spanish

vergas (2)

Etymology

Inherited 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]
• Rhymes: -eɾɡa
• Syllabification: ver‧ga

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)

   Hypernym: percha

   Coordinate term: mástil

   • 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
• a verga
• dar verga
• envergadura
• estar hasta la verga
• hasta la verga
• hija de la verga
• hijo de la verga
• irse a la verga
• valer verga
• vergajazo
• vergajo
• vergón
• vete a la verga
• volar verga

 

Related terms

• verja (through French)

 

Interjection

verga

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

Further reading

• “verga”, 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
• Verga (disambiguation) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Anagrams

• grave