verga

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

Further reading

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

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

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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

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”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• grave

Noun

verga

1. genitive singular of vergs

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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!

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