frango

Italian

Verb

frango

1. first-person singular present indicative of frangere

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfran.ɡoː/, [ˈfraŋ.ɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfran.ɡo/, [ˈfraŋ.ɡo]

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	frēgerīmus	frēgerītis	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

• affrangō
• cōnfringō
• dēfringō
• diffringō
• frāctiō
• frāctūra
• frāctus
• fragilis
• fragēscō

• fragilitās
• fragmen
• fragmentum
• fragium
• fragor
• fragōsē
• fragōsus
• effringō
• īnfringō

• nucifrangibulum
• offringō
• perfringō
• praefringō
• prōfringō
• refringō
• suffringō

Descendants

• Aromanian: frãngu, frãndziri
• English: fracture, fraction
• Friulian: franzi, frangi
• Italian: frangere
• Ladin: franjer, franje
• Old French: fraindre

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) 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. (association football) 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

• pinto
• galo
• galinha