Complete Definition of "viga"

English

Etymology
From Spanish viga#Spanish|viga.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'vi:g�/

Noun
en-noun

  1. a roughly made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village

#*1992: The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor. � Cormac McCarthy?, All The Pretty Horses


Italian

Verb
viga

  1. form of|third-person|Third-person singular present subjunctive|vigere#Italian|vigere|lang=Italian

Category:Italian verb forms


Spanish

Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably from Latin biga#Latin|bīga �tree-trunk�. Cognate with Portuguese viga#Portuguese|viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'biga/

Noun
viga f

  1. timber, beam, rafter

io:viga
it:viga
ku:viga
pt:viga
ru:viga

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