îngâna

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (trick, deceive, mock) (attested in a gloss), from Latin *ganno or ganniō. Compare Aromanian angan, angãnari (call), Italian ingannare (deceive, cheat), Spanish engañar, Portuguese enganar, Catalan enganyar, Albanian gënjej. Cf. also Medieval Latin gannatura, ingannatura (mocking).

Verb

a îngâna (third-person singular present îngână, past participle îngânat) 1st conj.

  1. to imitate, mimic (a voice, etc), to echo
  2. to hum
  3. to murmur
  4. to combine, interweave
  5. (reflexive) to delude (oneself), mix up
  6. (by extension of the first sense) to parody

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