verga
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vergar
- (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve)
- (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved)
- (figuratively, pronominal) to defer (to submit oneself)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈveʁ.ɡɐ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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