virgindade
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese virgĩidade, from Latin virginitātem (“virginity”), from virgō (“virgin”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/ [viɦ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /viɻ.ʒĩˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viʁ.ʒĩˈda.de/ [viɦ.ʒĩˈda.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /viɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/ [viɾ.ʒĩˈda.ðɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /biɾ.ʒĩˈda.dɨ/ [biɾ.ʒĩˈda.ðɨ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌviɦ.ʒĩ.ˈda.dɪ/
Noun
virgindade f (uncountable)
- virginity (state of being a virgin)
Related terms
- desvirginizar
- virgem
- virginal
- virginizar
Further reading
- “virgindade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “virgindade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026