fanga

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See also: fånga

English

Noun

fanga (plural fangas)

  1. (historical) An old Portuguese dry measure.

Anagrams


Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to capture, to seize
    Synonyms: handsama, grípa, þrífa

Conjugation


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

fanga

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

fanga n

  1. definite plural of fang

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

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

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