tărăgăna

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from the variant form trăgăna, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, ultimately from Latin trahō. Compare French traîner, Spanish and Portuguese trajinar.

Verb

a tărăgăna (third-person singular present tărăgănează, past participle tărăgănat) 1st conjugation

  1. to drawl
  2. to drag on slowly and heavily; dawdle
  3. to procrastinate, put off
  4. to tarry, dally

Conjugation

See also