See also: imbuca

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca (cheek, mouth). Compare Aromanian mbuc, mbucari, Italian imboccare, French emboucher, Portuguese and Spanish embocar.

Verb

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a îmbuca (third-person singular present îmbucă, past participle îmbucat) 1st conj.

  1. to eat quickly, gobble up, tongue, swallow, lap
  2. to take, have
  3. to interlock, mesh

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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