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îneca

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îneca

Where it comes from

From în + the variant neca (“to kill”), from Latin necāre, present active infinitive necō (“kill”); cf. also ēnecāre. Compare Italian annegare, Spanish anegar, Aromanian nec, nicari, French noyer. The specialized sense of "to drown" seems to have arisen in Late or Vulgar Latin and can be found in the Romance cognates.

verb a îneca 1st conjugation · îneacă · înecat · înece · a îneca · înecând

  1. to drown
  2. reflexive to choke (on something, especially water or a liquid)

In English

  • drown to be suffocated in fluid

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"îneca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEneca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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îneca. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEneca

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"îneca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEneca.

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@misc{i_neca_2026,
  title = {îneca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEneca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}