(conjugation-3) to strike, beat, flap (repeatedly or with a noise)
(also, conjugation-3, mediopassive) to beat the breast etc. as a sign of grief, desperation, fury
(conjugation-3, transitive) to bewail, lament for
Pronunciado como (IPA)
[ˈpɫaŋ.ɡoː]
Etimología (Inglés)
From Proto-Italic *plāngō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike”).
Cognate with Latin plēctō, Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō), Old Church Slavonic плакати (plakati), Dutch vloeken.