vergasta - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 Galician
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Noun
  • 1.5 References
• 2 Portuguese
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Etymology 1
    * 2.2.1 Noun
  • 2.3 Etymology 2
    * 2.3.1 Verb
  • 2.4 Further reading

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• vargasta, vergastra

Attested since circa 1750. Probably from verga (“rod”), but compare Asturian vardasca.[1]

• IPA(key): [beɾˈɣastɐ]

vergasta f (plural vergastas)

1. cane or rod for whipping
   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:
     O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...
     "What you need", I reply, "is a good cane down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"
     Synonyms: fustriga, verga, xostra

• verga
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergastra”, 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), “vergasta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “verde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡas.tɐ/ [veɦˈɡas.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡas.tɐ/ [veɦˈɡas.tɐ]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈɡas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /veɻˈɡas.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡas.ta/ [veɦˈɡas.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/ [bɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧gas‧ta

vergasta f (plural vergastas)

1. cane (short rod used for corporal punishment)
2. (loosely) any type of whip
   Synonyms: açoite, chibata, chicote, látego

• vergar
• vergastar

vergasta

1. inflection of vergastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “vergasta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vergasta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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