🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

verruga

Pronunciation / Transliteration: beˈruɣa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wart/wɔːrt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Tenía una verruga en el dedo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, hard, benign growth on the skin caused by a virus.

    "She had a wart on her finger that she wanted to have removed."
  2. 2

    A similar growth on the skin of animals.

    "The veterinarian noted that the dog had a wart on its paw."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'wart' originates from the Old English 'wyrt', which means 'plant' or 'herb', reflecting its historical association with growths on the skin. The term evolved through Middle English, where it retained its meaning related to skin lesions.

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