mânca

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mânca

/mɨnˈka/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *manucāre, from Latin manducāre. Compare Italian manucare, variant of manducare, itself an obsolete variant of mangiare (this form being a borrowing from French).

verb a mânca 1st conjugation · mănâncă · mâncă · mâncat · mănânce · mânce

transitive to eat Ei nu pot mânca carne pentru că sunt vegetarieni.
figuratively to eat away at, corrode; also to bite/sting (of insects) Rugina mănâncă din fier.
transitive to itch Mă mănâncă pielea.

In English

eat to ingest — see also consume, ingest
itch to feel the need to scratch
eat away to physically corrode or erode (something) gradually; (figurative) to destroy (s

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"mânca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C3%A2nca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"mânca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C3%A2nca.

BibTeX

@misc{ma_nca_2026,
  title = {mânca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/m%C3%A2nca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}