enxangar

Galician

Etymology

From en- +‎ xango +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [enʃaŋˈɡaɾ]

Verb

enxangar (first-person singular present enxango, first-person singular preterite enxangei, past participle enxanguei)

  1. (transitive) to obstruct; to waste somebody's time
    • 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:
      ¿Pro ti que pensas Froitoso Deste modo de enxangar?
      El des que se abrino as Cortes Non soñan mais que en ladrar.
      But what do you think, Froitoso, about this way of misbehaving?
      This, that since the Parliament opened they [a certain group of representatives] just dream about barking?
    Synonym: enredar
  2. (intransitive) to procrastinate; to waste time
    Synonym: enredar

Conjugation
  • Note: enxang- are changed to enxangu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of enxangar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal enxangar
personal enxangar enxangares enxangar enxangarmos enxangardes enxangaren
Gerund
enxangando
Past participle singular plural
masculine enxangado enxangados
feminine enxangada enxangadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present enxango enxangas enxanga enxangamos enxangades enxangan
imperfect enxangaba enxangabas enxangaba enxangabamos enxangabades enxangaban
preterite enxanguei enxangaches enxangou enxangamos enxangastes enxangaron
pluperfect enxangara enxangaras enxangara enxangaramos enxangarades enxangaran
future enxangarei enxangarás enxangará enxangaremos enxangaredes enxangarán
conditional enxangaría enxangarías enxangaría enxangariamos enxangariades enxangarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present enxangue enxangues enxangue enxanguemos enxanguedes enxanguen
preterite enxangase enxangases enxangase enxangásemos enxangásedes enxangasen
future enxangar enxangares enxangar enxangarmos enxangardes enxangaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – enxanga enxangue enxanguemos enxangade enxanguen
negative – enxangues enxangue enxanguemos enxanguedes enxanguen

Derived terms

References
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