Neapolitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish engarzar.

Verb edit

ngarzare

  1. to fit together via insertion
  2. to substitute in a deceptive manner
    (by extension) to deceive (in general)

References edit

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