Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Southwestern U.S. A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall.
Wiktionary
- n. a roughly made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
Etymologies
- From Spanish viga. (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish, from Spanish, perhaps from Latin bīga, team of horses, cart (from the long pole between the two horses); see yeug- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Asi que antes de mirar la paja en el ojo ajeno mirá la viga que tenés en el propio.”
Global Voices in English » Colombia: The Extraordinary UNASUR Meeting in Bariloche
“Dicho especialmente de una pared o de una viga: Torcerse encorvándose, especialmente en el medio.”
“Por cierto, no nos lancemos a criticar a saco a los estadounidenses … al menos sin ver la viga en nuestro ojo.”
“Ah jaa, Donadoni pani algkoosseisuga pange ja püüdis seda viga siis mati jooksul parandada, aga nii ei saa ju.”
“Tänavu oli eriti meeldiv see, et Pronkssõduri suhtes oldi konsensuslikul arvamusel, et selle liigutamine on poliitiline viga ja näitab strateegilise mõtlemise puudmist.”
“Paraku üks auto purustati ja kolmest seal sees istunud inimesest said mõned väidetavalt viga. 400 politseinikku kolme protestija vastu, olgu protsest õigustatud või mitte?!”
“Võiks eeskuju võtta tarkvaraarendajatest - igas programmis on mõni viga.”
“Kui viga on liiga suur, siis meie programm ei müü ja me lähme pankrotti.”
“Ja strateegia "käitume nii, nagu ühtegi viga ei saaks parandada" ei vii tavaliselt kuhugi.”
“Igastahes eile ma seda viga parandasin ja lesisin Stroomil kõva poolteist tundi.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘viga’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Discovered Scrabble Words
Oh, that little smiling teacher tile in my Scrabble app. He teaches me so much.
lovage, khaf, tititi, leet, ketol, fon, ono, dunelike, braw, bocci, lutz, fano and 132 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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You May Tell Yourself, "This Is Not M...
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cornice, balustrade, dado, bargeboard, buttress, clerestory, crenellation, cupola, corbel, dentil, vergeboard, quatrefoil and 101 more...
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diapause, dhurnas, batts, rya, huic, weason, viga, akene, kyar, vigs, umbones, clour and 3 more...
Tweets
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knitandpurl "He walked under the vigas of the porch and knocked."
"The Kid" by Salvatore Scibona, in The New Yorker, June 14 & 21, 2010, page 118 Jul 12, 2010