gâmba

See also: gamba, gambá, and gambă

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly ultimately from Late Latin gamba (leg), from Ancient Greek κάμπη (kámpē), or an alteration of găbui, which has the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɨmˈba/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: gâm‧ba

Verb

a gâmba (third-person singular present gâmbă, past participle gâmbat, third-person subjunctive gâmbe) 1st conjugation

  1. (transitive, Moldavia (region)) to catch, apprehend
    Synonyms: apuca, prinde, găbui

Conjugation

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