vergar
Latin
editVerb
editvergar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom verga (“rod, twig”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ver‧gar
Verb
editvergar (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, pronominal) to defer (to submit oneself) [with a ‘to someone/something’]
- O país vergou-se à força dos ventos.
- The country deferred to the force of the wind.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of vergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:vergar.
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editCategories:
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verbs with g-gu alternation
- Portuguese transitive verbs
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese intransitive verbs