enxangar

From en- +‎ xango +‎ -ar.

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enxangar (first-person singular present enxango, first-person singular preterite enxanguei, past participle enxangado)

1. (transitive) to obstruct; to waste somebody's time

   Synonym: enredar

   • 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:

     ¿Pro ti que pensas Froitoso Deste modo de enxangar?
     El des que se abrino as Cortes Non soñan mais que en ladrar.

     But what do you think, Froitoso, about this way of misbehaving?
     This, that since the Parliament opened they just dream about barking?

2. (intransitive) to procrastinate; to waste time

   Synonym: enredar

• enxangada

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxangar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enxangar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enxangar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enxangar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enxangar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN