vergasta

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “verde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ver‧gas‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

vergasta f (plural vergastas)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

vergasta

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