vergastar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ver‧gas‧tar
=== Verb ===
vergastar (first-person singular present vergasto, first-person singular preterite vergastei, past participle vergastado)
to cane (to beat with a cane or rod)
(loosely) to whip (to beat with a whip)
Synonyms: açoitar, chibatar, chibatear, chicotear
(figurative) to criticise harshly
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
vergar
vergasta
=== Further reading ===
“vergastar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vergastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026