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vogar

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vocāre (call), or alternatively from a Proto-Germanic *wagōną (to sway, fluctuate), or related to French voguer. Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

Pronunciation

Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguí, past participle vogat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (intransitive) to row, to scull
    Synonym: remar
  2. (transitive) to row
  3. (transitive) to rock, to toll (bells)
    Synonyms: gronxar, brandar

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French voguer, either from Latin vocō, vocāre (call) or from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (to sway, fluctuate). Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

Pronunciation

Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguei, past participle vogado)

  1. (intransitive, navigation) to row
    Synonym: remar
    Catro vellos mariñeiros / todos metidos nun bote / Voga, voga, mariñeiro! / imos pra Viveiro / xa se ve San Roque! (folk song)
    Four old sailor / all together aboard a boat: / «Row, row, sailors! / we're going to Viveiro / already we see San Roque!»
  2. (intransitive, navigation, of ships) to navigate
    Synonyms: navegar, singrar

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Icelandic

Noun

vogar f

  1. indefinite genitive singular of vog

Noun

vogar m

  1. indefinite nominative plural of vogur

Portuguese

Venetan

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