mânca

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See also: manca, mancà, and mâncă

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manucāre, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō. Compare Italian manucare, variant of manducare, itself an obsolete variant of mangiare (this form being a borrowing from French).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɨnˈka/
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Verb

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a mânca (third-person singular present mănâncă, past participle mâncat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive) to eat
    Ei nu pot mânca carne pentru sunt vegetarieni.
    They can't eat meat because they're vegetarians.
  2. (figuratively) to eat away at, corrode; also to bite/sting (of insects)
    Rugina mănâncă din fier.
    Rust eats away the iron.
  3. (with accusative) to itch
    mănâncă pielea.
    My skin itches.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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