îngâna

== Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (“trick, deceive, mock”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin *ganno or ganniō. Compare Aromanian angan, angãnari (“call”), Italian ingannare (“deceive, cheat”), Spanish engañar, Portuguese enganar, Catalan enganyar, Albanian gënjej. Cf. also Medieval Latin gannatura, ingannatura (“mocking”). === Verb === a îngâna (third-person singular present îngână, past participle îngânat, third-person subjunctive îngâne) 1st conjugation to imitate, mimic (a voice, etc), to echo Synonyms: imita, mima, copia to hum Synonym: fredona to murmur Synonym: murmura to combine, interweave Synonyms: combina, îmbina (reflexive) to delude (oneself), mix up Synonyms: se amăgi, amesteca, confunda (by extension of the first sense) to parody Synonym: parodia ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “îngâna”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026