alunga

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from Latin longē. Other theories suggest it deriving straight from Latin ēlongāre. Compare Italian allungare, Catalan allunyar (move away, remove, distance onself), French éloigner, allonger, Galician alongar (move away), Spanish alongar and Portuguese alongar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lunˈɡa/, [a.luŋˈɡa]
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧lun‧ga

Verb

a alunga (third-person singular present alungă, past participle alungat, third-person subjunctive alunge) 1st conjugation

  1. to drive away
    Synonym: goni

Conjugation

See also