vergar

Latin

Verb

vergar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of vergō

Portuguese

Etymology

From verga (“rod, twig”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [veɦˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [veɦˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [veʁˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [vɨɾˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [vɨɾˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [bɨɾˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡa.ɾi/ [vɨɾˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ver‧gar

Verb

vergar (first-person singular present vergo, first-person singular preterite verguei, past participle vergado)

1. (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve)

   Verga a vara.

   Bend the rod.

2. (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved)

   A árvore vergou com o vento.

   The tree bent with the wind.

3. (figurative, pronominal) to defer (to submit oneself) [with a ‘to someone/something’]

   O país vergou-se à força dos ventos.

   The country deferred to the force of the wind.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vergar
Personal	vergar	vergares	vergar	vergarmos	vergardes	vergarem
Gerund
	vergando
Past participle
Masculine	vergado			vergados
Feminine	vergada			vergadas
Indicative
Present	vergo	vergas	verga	vergamos	vergais	vergam
Imperfect	vergava	vergavas	vergava	vergávamos	vergáveis	vergavam
Preterite	verguei	vergaste	vergou	vergamos1, vergámos2	vergastes	vergaram
Pluperfect	vergara	vergaras	vergara	vergáramos	vergáreis	vergaram
Future	vergarei	vergarás	vergará	vergaremos	vergareis	vergarão
Conditional	vergaria	vergarias	vergaria	vergaríamos	vergaríeis	vergariam
Subjunctive
Present	vergue	vergues	vergue	verguemos	vergueis	verguem
Imperfect	vergasse	vergasses	vergasse	vergássemos	vergásseis	vergassem
Future	vergar	vergares	vergar	vergarmos	vergardes	vergarem
Imperative
Affirmative		verga	vergue	verguemos	vergai	verguem
Negative (não)		não vergues	não vergue	não verguemos	não vergueis	não verguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vergar.

Synonyms

• (to bow): arquear, curvar, encurvar
• (to defer): submeter-se

Related terms

• envergar
• verga
• vergada
• vergado
• vergadura
• vergalhada
• vergalhamento
• vergalhão
• vergalhar
• vergalheira
• vergalho
• vergame
• vergamento
• vergão
• vergasta
• vergastada
• vergastador
• vergastar
• vergasteiro
• vergável