fanga

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

fanga (plural fangas)

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

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

• FAANG, Fagan

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

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

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

fanga f (plural fangues)

1. spade, spading fork

• fangar
• palafanga

• “fanga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

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

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

1. to capture, to seize [with accusative]

   Synonyms: handsama, grípa, þrífa

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

fanga f (uncountable)

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

• fanget

fanga

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑŋːɑ/

fanga n

1. definite plural of fang

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga.

• fange

• IPA^(key): /²fɑŋːɑ/

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

1. to catch, to capture

• fangst

• “fanga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fan‧ga

Borrowed from German Fang.

fanga f

1. (sports, palant) fly ball, high arc ball flight
2. (colloquial) punch, biff

   Synonyms: cios, uderzenie

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fanga

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

• fanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “fanga”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 194

• fanega

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

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

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

Borrowed from German Fang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aŋɡa
• Syllabification: fan‧ga

fanga f

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

From Dutch vangen.

fanga

1. to catch

fanga

1. catch