ngarzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• ngarzà (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish engarzar.

Verb

ngarzare

1. to fit together via insertion
2. to substitute in a deceptive manner

   (by extension) to deceive (in general)

References

• Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 142^[1]
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ngarzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano