vergar

== Latin == === Verb === vergar first-person singular future passive indicative of vergō == Portuguese == === Etymology === From verga (“rod, twig”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ver‧gar === Verb === vergar (first-person singular present vergo, first-person singular preterite verguei, past participle vergado) (transitive) to bow (to make something bend or curve) (intransitive) to bow (to become bent or curved) (figurative, pronominal) to defer (to submit oneself) [with a ‘to someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:vergar. ==== Synonyms ==== (to bow): arquear, curvar, encurvar (to defer): submeter-se ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vergar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vergar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026