tărăgăna

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tărăgăna

Where it comes from

Possibly from the variant form trăgăna, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, ultimately from Latin trahō. Compare French traîner, Spanish and Portuguese trajinar.

verb a tărăgăna 1st conjugation · tărăgănează · tărăgănat · a tărăgăna · tărăgănând

to drawl
to drag on slowly and heavily; dawdle
to procrastinate, put off
to tarry, dally

In English

drawl to speak with a drawl
procrastinate put off; to delay taking action
dawdle to spend time idly and unfruitfully

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MLA

"tărăgăna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C4%83r%C4%83g%C4%83na. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tărăgăna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C4%83r%C4%83g%C4%83na

Chicago

"tărăgăna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C4%83r%C4%83g%C4%83na.

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@misc{ta_ra_ga_na_2026,
  title = {tărăgăna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/t%C4%83r%C4%83g%C4%83na},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}