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atârna

“atârna” is a Romanian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hang (be suspended)
  2. to hang (attach in a suspended position)
  3. to weigh (have a certain significance)
  4. to idle
  5. to depend
  6. to be undecided
  7. to weigh down

In Romanian

  1. (v.intranz.) a sta suspendat, a cădea liber în jos (fiind prins sau suspendat de ceva).
  2. (v.tranz.) a agăța, a suspenda de un cârlig, de un cui etc., lăslăsând să cadă liber în jos.
  3. (v.refl.) a se agăța de cineva sau ceva.
  4. (v.intranz.) a se apleca spre pământ sub o povară sau din lipsă de putere.
  5. a avea o anumită greutate (relativ mare); a cântări (mult).
  6. (v.intranz.) a depinde de cineva sau de ceva.

Etymology

Either from târn (“a large broom made from brier used to sweep streets”), itself of Slavic origin, or from Latin tornāre (“to turn”) with suffix ad-. However, it would be an irregular phonetic evolution in this case (cf. turna, înturna).

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