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engarrar.

to get entangled, caught, hooked

8 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/eŋɡaˈraɾ/[eŋ.ɡɑˈraɾ]/eŋɡaˈraɾ/standard[eŋ.ɡɑˈraɾ]standard

  1. to get entangled, caught, hooked

    intransitive · pronominal

  2. to entangle, hook

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Galician en- Galician garra Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Galician -ar Galician engarrar From en- + garra (“claw”) + -ar.

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