mânca

From Vulgar Latin *manucāre, from Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō. Compare Italian manucare, variant of manducare, itself an obsolete variant of mangiare (this form a borrowing from French).

• IPA^(key): [mɨnˈka]

a mânca (third-person singular present mănâncă, past participle mâncat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to eat

   Ei nu pot mânca carne pentru că sunt vegetarieni.

   They can't eat meat because they're vegetarians.

2. (reflexive) to be eaten
3. (figuratively) to eat away at, corrode; also to bite/sting (of insects)

   Rugina mănâncă din fier.

   Rust eats away the iron.

4. (with accusative) to itch

   Mă mănâncă pielea.

   My skin itches.

• mâncare
• mâncărime