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verga.

stick, rod, twig

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/Brazil[ˈveɦ.ɡɐ]Brazil/ˈveɾ.ɡɐ/São-Paulo/ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. stick, rod, twig

    feminine
    Precisso dessa verga.
  2. wicker

    feminine
    cesto de verga
  3. yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)

    feminine
    O navio tinha mais vergas do que o outro.
  4. lintel (horizontal structural beam spanning an opening)

    feminine
  5. penis, dick

    Portugal · dated · feminine · rare · vulgar
    Eu tenho uma verga muito grande.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb
  1. inflection of vergar: third-person singular present indicative

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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