trigar

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Catalan

Etymology

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

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trigar (first-person singular present trigo, first-person singular preterite triguí, past participle trigat)

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

Usage notes

  • The main difference between trigar and durar when used transitively is that the former signifies some event that one has to wait for, while the latter signifies an ongoing action.

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References

  • “trigar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Suevic *þrīhan or Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þreihan), from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (to urge).

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trigar (first-person singular present trigo, first-person singular preterite triguei, past participle trigado)

  1. (intransitive) to hurry; to hasten; to rush; to speed up
    Synonym: bulir

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Occitan

Pronunciation

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trigar

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