trigar

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to take a long time, to be long
  2. (intransitive) to be late
  3. (transitive) to take (a certain amount of time)

Synonyms

demorar-se

endarrerir-se

anar a poc a poc

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[tɾiˈɣa]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan trigar, from Latin trīcārī (“dally, shuffle, be evasive”). Compare Occitan trigar, French tricher (“to cheat”).

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