cangar

From canga +‎ -ar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: can‧gar

cangar (first-person singular present cango, first-person singular preterite canguei, past participle cangado)

1. to frame a roof
2. to yoke
3. (figurative) to obstruct, delay, burden

• cangallo
• cango
• escangallar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cangar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cangar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cangar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “cangar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cangar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From canga +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈɡaɾ/ [kãŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧gar

cangar (first-person singular present cango, first-person singular preterite cangué, past participle cangado)

1. (transitive, Salamanca) to cut the line, to skip the turn (to remove the time or turn to play pina)
2. (figurative) to obstruct, delay, burden

• “cangar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025