verruga

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English

Noun

verruga (plural verrugas)

  1. Obsolete form of verruca. (wart)

Anagrams

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin verrūca (heights, wart).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈruɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: ve‧rru‧ga

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

  1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) wart

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested, as toponym, since the 13th century. From Latin verrūca (heights; wart).

Pronunciation

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

  1. (pathology) wart (type of growth occurring on the skin)
    Synonym: espulla
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 200:
      en aquel lugar que cortara naçeulle hũa atal com̃o berruga por que fazia sua ourina quando lle era mester
      on that place where it was cut down it grew one such as a wart, by which he made his urine whenever he needed to

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin verrūca (heights; wart), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ver‧ru‧ga

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

  1. (pathology) wart (type of growth occurring on the skin)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin verrūca (heights; wart), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈruɡa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: ve‧rru‧ga

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

  1. wart, verruca

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