verga

Meaning

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vergar

  1. (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve)
  2. (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved)
  3. (figuratively, pronominal) to defer (to submit oneself)

Frequency

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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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