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

• aceite de oliva extra virgen
• aceite de oliva virgen
• Islas Vírgenes
• me cago en la Virgen
• parra virgen
• torito de la virgen
• Virgen María
• Virgen Morena
• Virgen Santa
• virgencita

 

Related terms

• desvirgar
• virginal
• virginidad

 

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “virgen”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (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

• “virgen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28