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English
Noun
verruga (plural verrugas)
- Obsolete form of verruca. (wart)
Anagrams
Fala
Etymology
From Latin verrūca (“heights, wart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈruɡa/
- Rhymes: -uɡa
- Syllabification: ve‧rru‧ga
Noun
verruga f (plural verrugas)
- (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) wart
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology
Attested, as toponym, since the 13th century. From Latin verrūca (“heights; wart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
verruga f (plural verrugas)
- (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
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “verruga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “erruga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verruga”, 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), “verruga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verruga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin verrūca (“heights; wart”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.
Pronunciation
Noun
verruga f (plural verrugas)
- (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/
- Rhymes: -uɡa
- Syllabification: ve‧rru‧ga
Noun
verruga f (plural verrugas)
- wart, verruca
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