ngarzare
Neapolitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ngarzà (alt. spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish engarzar.
Verb
[edit]ngarzare
- to fit together via insertion
- to substitute in a deceptive manner
- (by extension) to deceive (in general)
References
[edit]- Riccio, Giovanna (2005) Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano, Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 142[1]
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ngarzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano