verruga

English

Noun

verruga (plural verrugas)

1. Obsolete form of verruca. (wart)

Anagrams

• gravure

Fala

Alternative forms

• varruga (Lagarteiru)
• virruga (Lagarteiru, less common)

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)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• berruga, vorruga, vurruga, vurra, borreca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beˈruɣɐ]

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

• 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

Alternative forms

• berruga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [veˈhu.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [veˈhu.ɡɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [veˈχu.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈʁu.ɡa/ [veˈhu.ɡa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [vɨˈʁu.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [vɨˈʁu.ɣɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈʁu.ɡɐ/ [bɨˈʁu.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧ru‧ga

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

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

Derived terms

• verruga peruana

Related terms

• enverrugado
• enverrugar
• verrucal
• verrucífero
• verruciforme
• verrucosidade
• verrucoso
• verrugoso
• verruguento

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈruɡa/ [beˈru.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: ve‧rru‧ga

Noun

verruga f (plural verrugas)

1. wart, verruca

Further reading

• “verruga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28