vergar

Latin

Verb

vergar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of vergō

Portuguese

Etymology

From verga (“rod, twig”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [veɦˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [veʁˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [vɨɾˈɣaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [bɨɾˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡa.ɾi/ [vɨɾˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ver‧gar

Verb

vergar (first-person singular present vergo, first-person singular preterite verguei, past participle vergado)

  1. (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve)
    Verga a vara.
    Bend the rod.
  2. (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved)
    A árvore vergou com o vento.
    The tree bent with the wind.
  3. (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

    Conjugation of vergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal vergar
Personal vergar vergares vergar vergarmos vergardes vergarem
Gerund
vergando
Past participle
Masculine vergado vergados
Feminine vergada vergadas
Indicative
Present vergo vergas verga vergamos vergais vergam
Imperfect vergava vergavas vergava vergávamos vergáveis vergavam
Preterite verguei vergaste vergou vergamos1, vergámos2 vergastes vergaram
Pluperfect vergara vergaras vergara vergáramos vergáreis vergaram
Future vergarei vergarás vergará vergaremos vergareis vergarão
Conditional vergaria vergarias vergaria vergaríamos vergaríeis vergariam
Subjunctive
Present vergue vergues vergue verguemos vergueis verguem
Imperfect vergasse vergasses vergasse vergássemos vergásseis vergassem
Future vergar vergares vergar vergarmos vergardes vergarem
Imperative
Affirmative verga vergue verguemos vergai verguem
Negative (não) não vergues não vergue não verguemos não vergueis não verguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vergar.

Synonyms

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