frango

Galician

Noun

frango m (plural frangos)

1. a young chicken

Synonyms

• piouco
• poliño
• policho

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anɡo

Verb

frango

1. first-person singular present indicative of frangere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfran.ɡoː/, [ˈfraŋ.ɡoː]

Verb

frangō (present infinitive frangere, perfect active frēgī, supine frāctum); third conjugation

1. I break, shatter
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas.9.16:

     acceptis autem quinque panibus et duobus piscibus respexit in caelum et benedixit illis et fregit et distribuit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante turbas

     Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

2. I vanquish, defeat utterly

Conjugation

Conjugation of frangō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frangō	frangis	frangit	frangimus	frangitis	frangunt
	imperfect	frangēbam	frangēbās	frangēbat	frangēbāmus	frangēbātis	frangēbant
	future	frangam	frangēs	franget	frangēmus	frangētis	frangent
	perfect	frēgī	frēgistī	frēgit	frēgimus	frēgistis	frēgērunt, frēgēre
	pluperfect	frēgeram	frēgerās	frēgerat	frēgerāmus	frēgerātis	frēgerant
	future perfect	frēgerō	frēgeris	frēgerit	frēgerimus	frēgeritis	frēgerint
passive	present	frangor	frangeris, frangere	frangitur	frangimur	frangiminī	franguntur
	imperfect	frangēbar	frangēbāris, frangēbāre	frangēbātur	frangēbāmur	frangēbāminī	frangēbantur
	future	frangar	frangēris, frangēre	frangētur	frangēmur	frangēminī	frangentur
	perfect	frāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frangam	frangās	frangat	frangāmus	frangātis	frangant
	imperfect	frangerem	frangerēs	frangeret	frangerēmus	frangerētis	frangerent
	perfect	frēgerim	frēgerīs	frēgerit	frēgerīmus	frēgerītis	frēgerint
	pluperfect	frēgissem	frēgissēs	frēgisset	frēgissēmus	frēgissētis	frēgissent
passive	present	frangar	frangāris, frangāre	frangātur	frangāmur	frangāminī	frangantur
	imperfect	frangerer	frangerēris, frangerēre	frangerētur	frangerēmur	frangerēminī	frangerentur
	perfect	frāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frange	—	—	frangite	—
	future	—	frangitō	frangitō	—	frangitōte	franguntō
passive	present	—	frangere	—	—	frangiminī	—
	future	—	frangitor	frangitor	—	—	franguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frangere	frēgisse	frāctūrum esse	frangī	frāctum esse	frāctum īrī
participles		frangēns	—	frāctūrus	—	frāctus	frangendus, frangundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frangendī	frangendō	frangendum	frangendō	frāctum	frāctū

Derived terms

• affrangō
• cōnfringō
• dēfringō
• diffringō
• effringō
• frāctiō
• frāctūra
• frāctus
• fragilis
• fragēscō

• fragilitās
• fragmen
• fragmentum
• fragium
• fragor
• fragōsē
• fragōsus
• īnfringō

• nucifrangibulum
• offringō
• perfringō
• praefringō
• prōfringō
• refringō
• suffringō

Descendants

• Aromanian: frãngu, frãndziri
• Asturian: frañir, frañer, frañar, francer, francir
• English: fract (obsolete), fracture
• Friulian: franzi, frangi
• Italian: frangere
• Ladin: franjer, franje
• Old French: fraindre

• Portuguese: franzir, franger
• Romanian: frânge, frângere
• Sicilian: frajari, fraiari, fragari
• Spanish: frangir, frañer
• Venetian: franxar, franxer

References

• frango in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frango in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
    
  • to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
    
  • their spirits are broken: animus frangitur, affligitur, percellitur, debilitatur
    
  • to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
    
  • to break one's word: fidem laedere, violare, frangere
    
  • to break one's word: fidem frangere
    
  • to break the peace: pacem dirimere, frangere
    
  • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be completely prostrated by fear: metu fractum et debilitatum, perculsum esse
    
• frango in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin. Possibly originates from the importation of fowl to Brazil from Europe, namely France in this case. (See peru)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡʊ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: fran‧go
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡu

Noun

frango m (plural frangos)

1. a young chicken
2. (cooking) chicken meat
3. (figuratively, slang) a frightened and weak person, especially a man
4. (soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper, especially when the ball passes between his legs
   1. the goalkeeper who makes this mistake

See also

• pinto
• galo
• galinha