virgem

From Old Galician-Portuguese virgen, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virginem (“virgin”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈviɦ.ʒẽj̃/
• Hyphenation: vir‧gem
• Homophone: Virgem

virgem m or f by sense (plural virgens)

1. virgin (person who has never had sexual intercourse)

virgem f (plural virgens)

1. (Roman Catholicism) an image, icon or statuette of Virgin Mary

• virgenzinho (diminutive)
• Virgem Maria

virgem m or f (plural virgens)

1. virgin (not having had sexual intercourse)

   Synonyms: casto, puro

2. untouched (remaining in its original, pristine state)

   Synonyms: intacto, intocado

3. (of quicklime) unslaked
4. (of an optical disk) blank

   CD virgem ― blank CD

• desvirginizar
• virginal
• virgindade
• virginizar
• vixe