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 *verzen[2]). Also a doublet of the completely learned borrowing virgo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbirxen/, [ˈbirxẽn]
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Further reading
- “virgen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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