verdugo

See also: Verdugo

Galician

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos)

  1. executioner, hangman
    Synonym: buxeu

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡu/ [veɦˈdu.ɡu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈdu.ɡu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈdu.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈdu.ɡo/
 

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos)

  1. executioner

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *virdūcus, from *virde, from Latin viridis (“green”), with the meaning of "a green stick used to beat someone".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beɾˈduɡo/ [beɾˈð̞u.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Syllabification: ver‧du‧go

Noun

verdugo m (plural verdugos, feminine verduga, feminine plural verdugas)

  1. executioner, hangman (official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal)
    Synonym: oficial
    • 2021 August 26, Eva Saiz, quoting Juan Manuel Guijo, “Los desenterradores de la memoria en la fosa de Pico Reja”, in El País‎:
      “La verdad de los verdugos no se reproduce en los archivos. Es la tierra la que habla”, afirma Guijo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. tyrant
  3. (bullfighting) puntilla (small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull)

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