# fanga
## English
### Etymology

From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.

### Noun

fanga (plural fangas)
* (historical) A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times.

#### Coordinate terms

* alqueire ($^1$⁄$_4$ fanga), moio (15 fangas)

### Anagrams

* FAANG, Fagan

## Bambara
### Noun

fanga
* power, force
    Fanga b'a la.He is strong
    Amadu Tumani Ture sigira fanga la tuguni.Amadu Tumani Ture is in power again.
* authority

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vanga. Influenced by fang (“mud”), because the tool is often used on muddy soil or muck.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfaŋ.ɡə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfaŋ.ɡa]

### Noun

fanga f (plural fangues)
* spade, spading fork

#### Derived terms

* fangar
* palafanga

### Further reading

* “fanga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Likely a loanword from Middle Low German fangen, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fá (“to get, to receive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfauŋka/
* Rhymes: -auŋka

### Verb

fanga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fangaði, supine fangað)
* to capture, to seize [with accusative]
    Synonyms: handsama, grípa, þrífa

#### Related terms

* fangelsi (“prison”)
* fangi (“prisoner”)

## Italian
### Noun

fanga f (uncountable)
* (central-southern Italy) Alternative form of fango (“mud”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* fanget

### Verb

fanga
* inflection of fange:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɑŋːɑ/

#### Noun

fanga n
* definite plural of fang

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga.

#### Alternative forms

* fange

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²fɑŋːɑ/

#### Verb

fanga (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fanga/fang)
* to catch, to capture

### See also

* fangst

### References

* “fanga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaŋ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Syllabification: fan‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Fang.

#### Noun

fanga f
* (Warsaw) punch, biff
    Synonyms: cios, uderzenie
* (sports, palant) fly ball, high arc ball flight

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

fanga
* inflection of fango:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Further reading

* fanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Cognate with Spanish fanega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɐ̃.ɡɐ/

### Noun

fanga m (plural fangas)
* (historical) fanga, Portuguese sack, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to about 50–75 litres at different places and times

#### Coordinate terms

* alqueire ($^1$⁄$_4$ fanga), moio (15 fangas)

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Fang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaŋ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋɡa
* Syllabification: fan‧ga

### Noun

fanga f
* (Cieszyn Silesia) punch, biff
* (metallurgy, Cieszyn Silesia) ladle

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Dutch vangen.

### Verb

fanga
* to catch

### Noun

fanga
* catch