frango

Galician

Noun

frango m (plural frangos)

  1. a young chicken

Synonyms
  • piouco
  • poliño
  • policho

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -anɡo

Verb

frango

  1. first-person singular present indicative of frangere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

Verb

frangō (present infinitive frangere, perfect active frēgī, supine frāctum); third conjugation

  1. I break, shatter
  2. I vanquish, defeat utterly

Inflection
   Conjugation of frango (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frangō frangis frangit frangimus frangitis frangunt
imperfect frangēbam frangēbās frangēbat frangēbāmus frangēbātis frangēbant
future frangam frangēs franget frangēmus frangētis frangent
perfect frēgī frēgistī frēgit frēgimus frēgistis frēgērunt, frēgēre
pluperfect frēgeram frēgerās frēgerat frēgerāmus frēgerātis frēgerant
future perfect frēgerō frēgeris frēgerit frēgerimus frēgeritis frēgerint
passive present frangor frangeris, frangere frangitur frangimur frangiminī franguntur
imperfect frangēbar frangēbāris, frangēbāre frangēbātur frangēbāmur frangēbāminī frangēbantur
future frangar frangēris, frangēre frangētur frangēmur frangēminī frangentur
perfect fractus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fractus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fractus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frangam frangās frangat frangāmus frangātis frangant
imperfect frangerem frangerēs frangeret frangerēmus frangerētis frangerent
perfect frēgerim frēgerīs frēgerit frēgerimus frēgeritis frēgerint
pluperfect frēgissem frēgissēs frēgisset frēgissēmus frēgissētis frēgissent
passive present frangar frangāris, frangāre frangātur frangāmur frangāminī frangantur
imperfect frangerer frangerēris, frangerēre frangerētur frangerēmur frangerēminī frangerentur
perfect fractus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — frange — — frangite —
future — frangitō frangitō — frangitōte franguntō
passive present — frangere — — frangiminī —
future — frangitor frangitor — — franguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives frangere frēgisse fractūrus esse frangī fractus esse fractum īrī
participles frangēns — fractūrus — fractus frangendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
frangere frangendī frangendō frangendum fractum fractū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Portuguese: franzir, franger
  • Romanian: frânge, frângere
  • Sicilian: frajari, fraiari, fragari
  • Spanish: frangir, frañer
  • Venetian: franxar, franxer

References
  • frango in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frango in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
    • to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
    • their spirits are broken: animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
    • to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
    • to break one's word: fidem laedere, violare, frangere
    • to break one's word: fidem frangere
    • to break the peace: pacem dirimere, frangere
    • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
    • (ambiguous) to be completely prostrated by fear: metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
  • frango in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin. Possibly originates from the importation of fowl to Brazil from Europe, namely France in this case. (See peru)

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡʊ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/

Noun

frango m (plural frangos)

  1. a young chicken
  2. (cooking) chicken meat
  3. (figuratively, slang) a frightened and weak person, especially a man
  4. (soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper, especially when the ball passes between his legs
    1. the goalkeeper who makes this mistake

See also
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