vogare

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(intransitive) to row a boat
(transitive, uncommon) to row (a boat)
(figuratively, intransitive, literary) to fly or swim with broad strokes (of a large bird)

Hyphenated as

vo‧gà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/voˈɡa.re/

Uncertain; probably related to French vogue, meaning "wave; course of success", and the verb voguer (“travel through the water”), and possibly of Germanic origin, from a Proto-Germanic root *wagōną. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”). Compare Spanish bogar, Catalan and Portuguese vogar, Sicilian vucari. An alternative theory derives it from Latin vocāre (“call”). Also compare Ancient Greek βαυκάλη (baukálē, “cradle”).