vesgo
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *versicus, itself from Latin versus. Cognate with Spanish bizco.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvez.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈveʒ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvez.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈveʒ.ɡu/ [ˈveʒ.ɣu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbeʒ.ɡu/ [ˈbeʒ.ɣu]
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ezɡu, (Portugal) -eʒɡu
- Hyphenation: ves‧go
Adjective
vesgo (feminine vesga, masculine plural vesgos, feminine plural vesgas)
- (sometimes derogatory) cross-eyed, walleyed (person with strabismus)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vesgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “vesgo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “vesgo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “vesgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026