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Latin
Verb
vergar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of vergō
Portuguese
Etymology
From verga (“rod, twig”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
vergar (first-person singular present vergo, first-person singular preterite verguei, past participle vergado)
- (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve)
Verga a vara.- Bend the rod.
- (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved)
A árvore vergou com o vento.- The tree bent with the wind.
- (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with a) to defer (to submit oneself to something)
O país vergou-se à força dos ventos.- The country deferred to the force of the wind.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
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