vergastar
Portuguese, verb/veʁ.ɡasˈta(ʁ)/
vergastar is spelled V-E-R-G-A-S-T-A-R (9 letters). Vergastar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cane (to beat with a cane or rod)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “açoitar, chicotear”.
What does vergastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cane (to beat with a cane or rod)
- 2
to whip (to beat with a whip)
- 3
to criticise harshly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. açoitar, chicotear
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vergastar
- vergasto first-person present singular
- vergastei first-person preterite singular
- vergastado participle past
- vergastares infinitive second-person singular
- vergastarmos first-person infinitive plural
- vergastardes infinitive plural second-person
- vergastarem infinitive plural third-person
- vergastando gerund
- vergastados masculine participle past
- vergastada feminine participle past
- vergastadas feminine participle past
- vergastas indicative present second-person
- vergasta indicative present singular
- vergastamos first-person indicative plural
- vergastais indicative plural present
- vergastam indicative plural present
- vergastava first-person imperfect indicative
- vergastavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vergastar?
- Brazil /veʁ.ɡasˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [veɦ.ɡasˈta(h)]
- /veɾ.ɡasˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.