vergar

Latin

vergar

From verga (“rod, twig”) +‎ -ar.

(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]

vergar (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 of vergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:vergar.