Inherited from Latin virga

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛr.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvər.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈveɾ.ɣa]

verga f (plural vergues)

1. stick, branch, twig

   Synonyms: vara, sarment

2. (anatomy, vulgar) penis, dick, cock
3. (nautical) yard, spar
4. (botany) bitter willow

   Synonym: sarga

• “verga”, 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

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• Rhymes: -aː

verga

1. inflection of vergaan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

• grave, vrage

From Latin virga (“twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”).

• Hyphenation: ver‧ga

verga f (plural vergas)

1. twig; rod, cane

   Synonyms: fustriga, vergasta, xostra

2. twisted twig (usually wicker or other flexible wood) used for binding

   Synonyms: corre, costrán, vencello, vincallo, viorto

3. pizzle; animal penis
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

     por o que as uezes lle faz huun pouco jnchar os Colloos et a verga et faz lle a mehude feryr os jllaaes

     because sometimes it causes the horse's testicles and penis to slightly swell, and frequently injuries his belly

   Synonyms: vergallo, vergallón

4. (vulgar) human penis

   Synonym: carallo

5. (nautical) yard, yardarm
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 22:

     a dita vosa pinaça ben estanqua de agoa de costado e ben aparellada de boo masto et verga et treu et de ancoras et de caabres et de todos los outros aparellos que lle fezeren mester

     the aforementioned pinnace of yours, watertight on the sides and well prepared with a good mast and yard and sails and anchors and cables and all of the rigging she could need

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “verga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “verga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “verga”, 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), “verga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “verga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈver.ɡa/
• Homophone: Verga
• Rhymes: -erɡa
• Hyphenation: vér‧ga

From Latin virga (“twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”).

verga f (plural verghe)

1. cane, rod

   Synonyms: asta, bacchetta, bastone

2. crook (of a shepherd)

   Synonym: vincastro

3. (vulgar) penis, dick

   Synonyms: cazzo, minchia, pisello, uccello

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verga

1. inflection of vergare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• grave

verga

1. genitive singular of vergs

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From Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Galician and Spanish verga, French vergue, verge. Doublet of virga.

• Hyphenation: ver‧ga

verga f (plural vergas)

1. stick, twig

   Synonym: vara

2. wicker

   Synonym: vime

   cesto de verga ― wicker basket

3. (nautical) yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)
4. (architecture) lintel (horizontal structural beam spanning an opening)
5. (vulgar) penis, dick

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

• vergar
• vergalho
• vergalhão

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verga

1. inflection of vergar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “verga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “verga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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• (adjective, adverb) vergas

Inherited from Old Spanish verga, berga, inherited from Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Portuguese verga. Doublet of verja (“fence”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾɡa/ [ˈbeɾ.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɾɡa
• Syllabification: ver‧ga

verga f (plural vergas)

1. pole, rod (long and thin stick)

   Synonym: vara

2. (nautical) yardarm; yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)

   Hypernym: percha

   Coordinate term: mástil

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Ya no se movió más sino con movimientos pequeños; y en su convulsión postrera, temblaban las rotas jarcias; y el mastelero de trinquete con la doble cruz formada por las vergas se doblaba como un báculo roto.

     He no longer moved except with small movements; and in his last convulsion the broken rigging trembled; and the topsail with the double cross formed by the yards bent like a broken staff.

3. (weaponry) steel bow (of a crossbow)
4. (Latin America, vulgar) dick, penis, cock

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

5. (Latin America, colloquial or vulgar) thing, shit
   • 2025 December 20, u/Garnachota, r/dankgentina‎^[1] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 3 April 2026:

     JAJAJAJAJAJAJJAAJ lo que me reí con esta verga

     HAHAHAHA this shit had me rolling

6. (at least Venezuela, colloquial or vulgar) place
   • 2022 November 20, u/jbarrioss, r/vzla‎^[2] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 2026:

     Por supuesto, yo gano lo suficiente para vivir comodamente en Venezuela, pero vivo tan comodamente que hace 1 semana la PNB me quiso sembrar que yo era un hacker para matraquearme 600 dolares, ya no aguanto estar mas en esta verga, pero mi esposa no se quiere ir.

     Of course, I earn enough to live comfortably in Venezuela, but I live so comfortably that a week ago the police tried to frame me as a hacker to extort 600 dollars from me, I can't stand being in this place anymore, but my wife doesn't want to leave.

   • 2026 February 11, u/Biscuit_eater2113, r/Desahogo2‎^[3] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 03 April 2026:

     Hacia falta algo positivo en esta verga

     (thank you for posting this,) We've been needing something positive in this place

verga (invariable)

1. (vulgar, Mexico) awesome

verga

1. (vulgar) the fuck, used as an intensifier

   qué verga ― what the fuck

   dónde verga ― where the fuck

   cómo verga ― how the fuck

2. (vulgar) nothing, used in valer verga

   Me vale verga. ― I dont give a shit.

verga

1. (Mexico, vulgar) damn!, shit! fuck! damn it!

• “verga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “verga”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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  Verga (disambiguation) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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