virgen

See also: Virgen

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virginem[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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural vírgenes)

  1. virgin
  2. blank
    Synonym: en blanco
    CD virgen ― blank CD
    llave virgen ― key blank

Noun

virgen m or f by sense (plural vírgenes)

  1. virgin

Derived terms

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2019 January 15 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 August 2018

Further reading
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