envergar

From en- +‎ verga +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.bərˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.vərˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.veɾˈɣaɾ]

envergar (first-person singular present envergo, first-person singular preterite enverguí, past participle envergat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, nautical) to bend (a sail) (to tie to a yard or the like)
2. (transitive) to shore up (a vine) with a rod
3. (transitive) to hit violently

• enverga
• envergadura

• “envergar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From en- +‎ vergar, from en- +‎ verga (“rod, twig”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: en‧ver‧gar

envergar (first-person singular present envergo, first-person singular preterite enverguei, past participle envergado)

1. (transitive) to curve (bend, crook)

   Synonym: curvar

2. (transitive) to don; to wear (a piece of clothing)

   Synonyms: trajar, vestir

• envergadura

From en- +‎ verga (“yard”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /embeɾˈɡaɾ/ [ẽm.beɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ver‧gar

envergar (first-person singular present envergo, first-person singular preterite envergué, past participle envergado)

1. (nautical) to attach a sail to the yardarm

• “envergar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024