Meaning of engegar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to start, get started
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
2. to turn on, engage
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
3. to shoot, throw
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Hauria tingut ganes de comentar-ho amb algú, però en Hans no hi era i en Henry i el professor parlaven animadament d'algun dels aspectes més apassionants de l'aventura que havien engegat.”

He would have felt like commenting on it to someone, but Hans wasn't there, and Henry and the professor were speaking animatedly about some of the more thrilling aspects of the adventure that they had begun.

“Engegà el televisor no sense por d'enrampar-se i, al cap d'un instant, del fons d'aquella pantalla de costats arrodonits varen emergir unes formes grises que no deixà acabar de definir.”

He turned on the television, not without fear of getting a shock, and, after a moment, from the bottom of that screen with rounded sides some ill-defined grey forms emerged.

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