What does mânca in Romanian mean?

What is the meaning of the word mânca in Romanian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mânca in Romanian.

The word mânca in Romanian means eat, have, sting, tickle, a buli, a face exces de mâncare, a mânca ceva în exces, a mânca, a mânca, a mânca, a consuma, a înfuleca, a mânca la cină, a mânca la restaurant, a mânca, a eroda, a mânca la restaurant, a termina de mâncat, a mânca tot, a mânca pe săturate, a înfuleca, a posti, a mânca, a lua bătaie, a mânca bătaie, a ieși la masă, a mânca cu lăcomie, a mânca cu lăcomie, a paște, a pleoscăi, a mânca, a mânca, a băga în boală, a-i mânca ficații, a trăi numai pentru, a lua prânzul, a mânca de prânz, a mânca cu poftă, a ciuguli, a mânca puțin, a mânca prea mult, a înfuleca, a înfuleca, a mânca, a mânca, a jupui de viu, a mânca cu fulgi cu tot, a i se împletici limba, a mânca între mese, a ciuguli, a mânca direct din portbagaj, a mânca bătaie. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mânca

eat, have, sting, tickle

a buli

(slang (do sth badly) (a strica)

I've really balled up my computer this time; I'll have to call tech support.

a face exces de mâncare

(eat to excess)

Ai grijă să nu faci exces de mâncare când ești stresat.
Be careful not to binge when you are stressed.

a mânca ceva în exces

(eat sth to excess)

Când mă simt trist, mănânc ciocolată în exces.
When I'm feeling down, I binge on chocolate.

a mânca

(figurative (eat a meal)

Good friends enjoy breaking bread together.

a mânca

(US, informal (eat)

a mânca

(US, informal (eat sth)

a consuma

(eat)

Vitele noastre consumă destul de multe furaje în fiecare zi.
Our livestock consumes quite a lot of feed every day.

a înfuleca

(informal (eat heartily)

Plăcinta de mere arată delicios; aștept cu nerăbdare să o înfulec.
The apple pie looks delicious; I can't wait to dig into it.

a mânca la cină

(eat for dinner)

The guests dined on venison.

a mânca la restaurant

(eat at restaurant)

I don't want to cook so I guess we'll dine out instead.

a mânca

(consume food)

Mi-e foame. Hai să mâncăm!
I'm hungry. Let's eat!

a eroda

(figurative (erode) (un mal)

The river eats away at the sand banks every time there's a flood.

a mânca la restaurant

(dine at a restaurant)

Anna wants to eat out this evening because she's tired of cooking.

a termina de mâncat

(informal (finish meal)

If you eat up, we'll have more time to play.

a mânca tot

(consume food completely)

If you eat up all your vegetables, you can have dessert.

a mânca pe săturate

(eat until full)

Everybody ate their fill at the buffet lunch.

a înfuleca

(eat hungrily)

a posti

(not eat for a period)

Anumite religii le cer credincioșilor să nu mănânce de dulce înaintea unei mari sărbători.
Some religions require its followers to fast during a holy season.

a mânca

(US, slang, figurative (eat, nourish oneself)

You need to fuel up for the big day ahead of you, so you'd better finish your breakfast.

a lua bătaie, a mânca bătaie

(informal (be physically assaulted)

From his black eye and bloody nose, everyone knew he'd gotten beaten up in the fight.

a ieși la masă

(eat lunch at a restaurant)

To celebrate your birthday let's all go out for lunch.

a mânca cu lăcomie

(formal (eat greedily)

The chef peered through the tiny window, watching the diners gormandizing.

a mânca cu lăcomie

(formal (eat sth greedily)

Having not eaten the previous day, the man gormandized a huge plateful of food.

a paște

(animals: eat)

Vacile pășteau pe dealurile din afara orașului.
The cows grazed in the hills outside the town.

a pleoscăi

(make swallowing noise)

a mânca

(skin, rash, wound: be itchy)

The rash itched terribly.

a mânca

(feel skin irritation) (despre piele)

Varicela asta mă scoate din sărite, mă mănâncă peste tot.
This chickenpox is driving me crazy; I itch all over.

a băga în boală, a-i mânca ficații

(figurative (person: make cynical, bitter)

All of your bullying will jaundice the poor kid.

a trăi numai pentru

(figurative (be passionately interested in sth)

When I was a teenager I lived and breathed ballet. Her boyfriend lives and breathes football; nothing else seems to interest him.

a lua prânzul, a mânca de prânz

(to eat lunch)

Hai să luăm prânzul (or: să mâncăm de prânz) la restaurantul indian azi.
Let's lunch at the Indian restaurant today.

a mânca cu poftă

(eat enthusiastically)

I was munching an apple when my tooth broke.

a ciuguli

(take small bites of) (figurat)

Karen nibbled the food slowly.

a mânca puțin

(eat little)

My daughter doesn't eat large meals; she prefers to nibble.

a mânca prea mult

(eat too much)

I feel sick when I overeat.

a înfuleca

(slang (eat to excess)

Mardi Gras is a time to pig out before the Lenten fast begins.

a înfuleca

(slang (eat rapidly)

ⓘAceastă propoziţie nu este o traducere a propoziţiei englezeşti. Prietenul Adei a înfulecat tarta într-o clipă.
Judging by the way the dog scarfed his food, he must have been starving.

a mânca

(chafe, irritate) (senzație de mâncărime)

The label in this shirt is scratching me; I'll have to cut it out.

a mânca

(irritate skin) (senzație de mâncărime)

This jumper really scratches!

a jupui de viu, a mânca cu fulgi cu tot

(figurative (punish)

My mum will skin me alive for losing my school bag.

a i se împletici limba

(talk indistinctly)

Adam had been drinking for hours and now he was slurring.

a mânca între mese

(eat between meals)

John is always snacking, but he never puts on any weight.

a ciuguli

(eat between meals)

Maggie snacks on chocolate bars when she's bored.

a mânca direct din portbagaj

(US, informal (picnic on vehicle tailgate) (picnic)

a mânca bătaie

(figurative, informal (be defeated)

The team took a bashing in today's match, losing 6-0.

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