virgen
See also: Virgen
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virginem, singular accusative of virgō[1] (the expected normal result in Spanish would be *vercen[2]). Also a doublet of the completely learned borrowing virgo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiɾxen/ [ˈbiɾ.xẽn]
- Rhymes: -iɾxen
- Syllabification: vir‧gen
Adjective
virgen (plural vírgenes)
- virgin
- blank
- CD virgen ― blank CD
- llave virgen ― key blank
Noun
virgen m or f (plural vírgenes)
- virgin
Derived terms
- aceite de oliva extra virgen
- aceite de oliva virgen
- Islas Vírgenes
- me cago en la Virgen
- virgencita
- Virgen María
- Virgen Santa
Related terms
- virginal
- virginidad
- desvirgar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 15 January 2019, archived from the original on 2018-08-17
Further reading
- “virgen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014