fanga

See also: fånga

English

Etymology

From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.

Noun

fanga (plural fangas)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times.

Coordinate terms

• alqueire (¹⁄₄ fanga), moio (15 fangas)

Anagrams

• FAANG, Fagan

Bambara

Noun

fanga

1. power, force

   Fanga b'a la.

   He is strong

   Amadu Tumani Ture sigira fanga la tuguni.

   Amadu Tumani Ture is in power again.

2. authority

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vanga. Influenced by fang (“mud”), because the tool is often used on muddy soil or muck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfaŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfaŋ.ɡa]

Noun

fanga f (plural fangues)

1. spade, spading fork

Derived terms

• fangar
• palafanga

Further reading

• “fanga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely a loanword from Middle Low German fangen, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fá (“to get, to receive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauŋka/
• Rhymes: -auŋka

Verb

fanga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fangaði, supine fangað)

1. to capture, to seize [with accusative]

   Synonyms: handsama, grípa, þrífa

Conjugation

fanga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fanga
supine (sagnbót)		fangað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		fangandi
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	fanga	föngum	fangar	fangið	fangar	fanga
	past (þátíð)	fangaði	fönguðum	fangaðir	fönguðuð	fangaði	fönguðu
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	fangi	föngum	fangir	fangið	fangi	fangi
	past (þátíð)	fangaði	fönguðum	fangaðir	fönguðuð	fangaði	fönguðu
imperative (boðháttur)			fanga			fangið
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			fangaðu			fangiði1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fangast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fangast
supine (sagnbót)		fangast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		fangandist2
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	fangast	föngumst	fangast	fangist	fangast	fangast
	past (þátíð)	fangaðist	fönguðumst	fangaðist	fönguðust	fangaðist	fönguðust
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	fangist	föngumst	fangist	fangist	fangist	fangist
	past (þátíð)	fangaðist	fönguðumst	fangaðist	fönguðust	fangaðist	fönguðust
imperative (boðháttur)			fangast			fangist
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			fangastu			fangisti1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
²⁾ the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses

fangaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fangaður	fönguð	fangað	fangaðir	fangaðar	fönguð
accusative (þolfall)	fangaðan	fangaða	fangað	fangaða	fangaðar	fönguð
dative (þágufall)	fönguðum	fangaðri	fönguðu	fönguðum	fönguðum	fönguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	fangaðs	fangaðrar	fangaðs	fangaðra	fangaðra	fangaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fangaði	fangaða	fangaða	fönguðu	fönguðu	fönguðu
accusative (þolfall)	fangaða	fönguðu	fangaða	fönguðu	fönguðu	fönguðu
dative (þágufall)	fangaða	fönguðu	fangaða	fönguðu	fönguðu	fönguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	fangaða	fönguðu	fangaða	fönguðu	fönguðu	fönguðu

Related terms

• fangelsi (“prison”)
• fangi (“prisoner”)

Italian

Noun

fanga f (uncountable)

1. (central-southern Italy) Alternative form of fango (“mud”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fanget

Verb

fanga

1. inflection of fange:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑŋːɑ/

Noun

fanga n

1. definite plural of fang

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga.

Alternative forms

• fange

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑŋːɑ/

Verb

fanga (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fanga/fang)

1. to catch, to capture

See also

• fangst

References

• “fanga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fan‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Fang.

Noun

fanga f

1. (Warsaw) punch, biff

   Synonyms: cios, uderzenie

2. (sports, palant) fly ball, high arc ball flight

Declension

Declension of fanga

	singular	plural
nominative	fanga	fangi
genitive	fangi	fang
dative	fandze	fangom
accusative	fangę	fangi
instrumental	fangą	fangami
locative	fandze	fangach
vocative	fango	fangi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fanga

1. inflection of fango:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• fanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Cognate with Spanish fanega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.ɡɐ/

Noun

fanga m (plural fangas)

1. (historical) fanga, Portuguese sack, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to about 50–75 litres at different places and times

Coordinate terms

• alqueire (¹⁄₄ fanga), moio (15 fangas)

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fan‧ga

Noun

fanga f

1. (Cieszyn) punch, biff
2. (metallurgy, Cieszyn) ladle

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vangen.

Verb

fanga

1. to catch

Noun

fanga

1. catch