alunga

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *allongāre, from Latin longe. Other theories suggest it deriving straight from Latin elongare. 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]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧lun‧ga
  • (file)

Verb

a alunga (third-person singular present alungă, past participle alungat) 1st conj.

  1. to banish, expel, drive away, dismiss
    Synonym: goni

Conjugation

See also

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