enxangar

From en- +‎ xango +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [enʃaŋˈɡaɾ]

enxangar (first-person singular present enxango, first-person singular preterite enxanguei, past participle enxangado)

1. (transitive) to obstruct; to waste somebody's time

   Synonym: enredar

   • 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de quintas:

     ¿Pro ti que pensas Froitoso Deste modo de enxangar?
     El des que se abrino as Cortes Non soñan mais que en ladrar.

     But what do you think, Froitoso, about this way of misbehaving?
     This, that since the Parliament opened they [a certain group of representatives] just dream about barking?

2. (intransitive) to procrastinate; to waste time

   Synonym: enredar

• enxangada

• “enxangar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enxangar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “enxangar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enxangar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “enxangar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.