frango

Italian

Verb

frango

1. first-person singular present indicative of frangere

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

present active frangō, present infinitive frangere, perfect active frēgī, supine frāctum

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

Derived terms

affrangō confringō 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, frãndzire
• Friulian: franzi, frangi
• Italian: frangere
• Ladin: franjer, franje

• Old French: fraindre
• Portuguese: franzir, franger
• Romanian: frânge, frângere
• Spanish: frangir, frañer

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Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈɡu/

Noun

frango m (plural frangos)

1. a young chicken
2. chicken meat

See also

• pinto
• galo
• galinha